Tag Archives: Politics

A new analysis of Ontario's municipal elections suggests some modest improvements in competition, with fewer uncontested races but only sparse gains in the share of female candidates. With 414 municip...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew, a day after his government intervened to end a medical workers strike, called out their employer and suggested he may de-privatize lab testing. "Dynacare sucks. ...

OTTAWA - The federal government says employers and unions are divided over how much power Ottawa should have to intervene in labour disputes. Employment and Social Development Canada released a report...

OTTAWA - The European Union's ambassador to Canada says the bloc is crafting a new partnership with Ottawa unlike anything that currently exists. "What we have in mind is something different from what...

VICTORIA - The Conservative Party of B.C. may have lost nine legislators since Kerry-Lynne Findlay became leader, but some of her supporters are applauding the defections they say will help discipline...

OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed new executive orders to retaliate after Canada imposed its latest set of counter tariffs on the United States. The five new orders, which will ta...

FREDERICTON - Megan Mitton, one of New Brunswick's two provincial Green lawmakers, is entering the race to lead the opposition party. "I'm even more certain now than when I was elected as MLA eight ye...

SAINT PETER'S - Two Cape Breton counties have lifted their local states of emergency while another kept its travel restrictions in place Wednesday following widespread flooding over the weekend. A slo...

OTTAWA - Former MP Mike Morrice is the only candidate left in the race for the leadership of the federal Green Party - but he'll still have to make his pitch to the party's membership before he gets t...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Canada to blame for Washington's escalation of trade war, says Trump trade czar U.S. Trade Representative Jam...