Tag Archives: Politics

TORONTO - The Toronto Port Authority says the proposed island airport expansion will cost up to $5 billion. Port authority CEO RJ Steenstra told a committee at Queen's Park this week that the proposed...

Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Tuesday ordered the Alaska Legislature to convene a special session on Thursday - one day after the deadline for this year's regular session - to consider a bill advancing a natu...

VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Mark Carney and British Columbia Premier David Eby have agreed to enter negotiations on B.C.'s economic priorities and Ottawa's role in national development projects. Carney...

OTTAWA - Conservative MP Michael Chong said his meeting with Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te on Wednesday was meant to assert Canadian sovereignty in the face of Beijing's warnings to Canadian lawmake...

MONTRAL - Fewer than half of the recommendations from a landmark public inquiry into Quebec's youth protection services have been fully or largely implemented, says a five-year progress report release...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Two police officers who helped defend the U.S. Capitol from an attack by a mob of Trump supporters sued on Wednesday to block anyone - including Jan. 6, 2021, rioters - from receivin...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney called Israel's treatment of people aboard an intercepted flotilla "abominable" and "unacceptable," on Wednesday, adding Ottawa is seeking assurances about the safe...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government launched an online survey Wednesday on the potential end of seasonal time changes. The survey asks people whether they want to have year-round standard time, year-ro...

OTTAWA - Canada will spend just over $1 billion to host the World Cup this summer, the federal budget watchdog said Wednesday. That sum includes money from all levels of government. The federal govern...

OTTAWA - The federal government is nominating Gen. Jennie Carignan, the head of Canada's military, as a candidate for a top role in NATO. Defence Minister David McGuinty announced Wednesday her candid...