Tag Archives: Politics

WINNIPEG - Manitoba's budget bill, which includes a tax cut on some foods, passed through a final vote early Friday after long days and nights of acrimonious debate. The move paves the way for the eli...

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree has rejected a call to shorten the time electronic service providers would be required to keep digital metadata under a bill intended to help police...

VICTORIA - B.C.'s minister responsible for Indigenous affairs says legislation to move a First Nation treaty forward won't pass this session, further delaying a treaty that has been more than three de...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government said Thursday it is facing potential legal action over its decision to remove auto manufacturer Tesla from its rebate program for electric vehicles. Premier Wab Kine...

VICTORIA - The B.C. Conservatives are expected to announce their new leader on Saturday, nearly six months after John Rustad was chased out of office. But the announcement at a leadership convention i...

OTTAWA - Bloc Qubcois MP Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay is leaving his party's caucus to run for the Parti Qubcois in the fall provincial election. Savard-Tremblay officially left the Bloc on Wednesday ...

OTTAWA - The Conservatives called on the Liberals Thursday to "reject" the CRTC's recent decision tripling streamers' financial contributions, but the government says it doesn't have that power. The b...

MONTREAL - Many of Quebec's largest government agencies continue to operate bilingual websites despite stricter requirements under the province's language law, said the office of the French-language c...

EDMONTON - Alberta's upcoming referendum question on separation was made official Thursday, and it mirrors what Premier Danielle Smith announced last week. Smith and her cabinet issued an order in cou...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Security Intelligence Service may have run afoul of the law when it didn't fully inform the public safety minister of potentially illegal conduct by CSIS employees, including pos...