Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - While the recent federal election turned into a tight race between the Liberals and Conservatives that left other parties trailing far behind, a new poll suggests most Canadians don't want th...

WASHINGTON - Ottawa's top diplomat in Washington says talks to negotiate any new deals with the United States will prioritize ending U.S President Donald Trump's ruinous tariffs on Canadian exports. A...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is aiming to have an all-party committee on journalism up and running this summer, but the Opposition says there are a lot of questions. The NDP government announced...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is freezing its industrial carbon price effective immediately at $95 per tonne of emissions. Smith told reporters Monday the move is criti...

VANCOUVER - Drier, warmer weather in much of British Columbia last month has contributed to an early melt, raising concern for widespread drought this summer, the province's latest snowpack and water ...

ST. JOHN'S - Newfoundland and Labrador's premier says his government will end the province's controversial tax on sugar-sweetened beverages. Liberal John Hogan said in the legislature today he has ask...

OTTAWA - Climate activists and energy leaders say Prime Minister Mark Carney will need to make some hard choices on whether to bolster the country's oil and gas sector as means of achieving economic s...

TORONTO - The Ontario Liberals have asked the integrity commissioner to investigate the province's decision to backtrack on an environmental assessment of a massive landfill expansion project backed b...

MEDICINE HAT - A same-sex couple says it has been a long and stressful four years, but they're hopeful as their discrimination case is set to go before an Alberta human rights tribunal. Michael Gray a...

VICTORIA - B.C. Premier David Eby is "marching the province toward a confrontation" in which Speaker Raj Chouhan will have to cast a deciding vote to push through a bill to speed up certain infrastruc...