Tag Archives: Politics

RED DEER - Prime Minister Mark Carney came to the Alberta heartland Wednesday to announce housing money, sit shotgun on a canola sprayer and catch an earful - at a distance - from flag-waving separati...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government has "taken back control" of immigration. The prime minister made the remarks at a press conference in Red Deer, Alta., on Wednesday, after being...

OTTAWA - Ottawa says it supports the decision by International Criminal Court members to oust prosecutor Karim Khan but won't say whether Canada voted on his expulsion. Global Affairs Canada says it b...

OTTAWA - About 10,000 federal public servants have applied for the government's early retirement program, launched as part of a plan to cut the number of bureaucrats. In December, the government began...

OTTAWA - Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon said Wednesday he hopes Ottawa's $1.9 billion investment in replacing Via Rail's locomotive fleet and building a train assembly plant will lead to better r...

TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford's caucus is openly questioning the viability of Prime Minister Mark Carney's proposed high-speed rail line as senior provincial government sources say Ford is recon...

OTTAWA - Ottawa will "eliminate" the financial contribution requirement for streamers set by the CRTC and replace it with government funding, says a court document - though the culture minister's offi...

OTTAWA - Liberal MPs have blocked parliamentary hearings aimed at clarifying what the Carney government promised U.S. President Donald Trump to get the Gordie Howe International Bridge opened. The mov...

TORONTO - Chris Alexander, a former Conservative cabinet minister and ambassador who once made headlines for Ottawa's handling of the Syrian refugee crisis, is entering the race to become Toronto's ne...

ST. MARY'S - The first load of rotting, reeking fish sauce was trucked away from an abandoned factory in St. Mary's, N.L., on Tuesday, marking the beginning of the end of a decades-long fight. Steve R...