Tag Archives: Politics

TORONTO - Anglican Deacon Michael Van Dusen typically has plans for the Christmas season that do not involve a Toronto courthouse. Perhaps he would be preparing his Christmas Day sermon or visiting wi...

WINNIPEG - Wally Daudrich, who finished a close second in this year's Manitoba Progressive Conservative leadership race, is now hoping to run for a legislature seat. Daudrich is seeking the Opposition...

SURREY - The B.C. Conservative Party candidate who lost in the riding of Surrey-Guildford by 22 votes in last year's provincial election has given up his court challenge of the results. Honveer Singh ...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says cutting red tape has allowed provincial pulp mills to more than double their use of timber salvaged from forest fires. The Ministry of Forests says in a...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba is opening up free vaccine eligibility following a hepatitis A outbreak in a remote area of the province that includes four First Nations. Health officials say they've documented 2...

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada's governing council says it's difficult to predict which direction interest rates may go as trade uncertainty clouds its outlook. The central bank released a summary Tuesda...

Citizen-led recall petitions were officially approved Tuesday against three more Alberta legislature members, bringing the total to 26. Twenty-four of those petitions are for United Conservative Party...

EDMONTON - Elections Alberta issued three more recall petitions Tuesday for members of the provincial legislature - two United Conservative backbenchers and one Opposition New Democrat. It brings the ...

OTTAWA - Advocates for Palestinians are urging Ottawa to do more to stop a deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza, saying the release of Israeli hostages hasn't stopped preventable deaths and vi...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says he's not going to fulfil a 2023 election campaign promise to regulate gas prices. The promise, outlined in the New Democrats' campaign platform, was to give ...