Tag Archives: Politics

HALIFAX - The spring session of the Nova Scotia legislature did not work out quite as Premier Tim Houston had hoped, according to opposition parties and a political scientist. The session was marked b...

WINNIPEG - A long-promised hospital in Portage la Prairie will not open this November as planned. A memo issued to staff in the Southern Health region says the new Portage Regional Health Centre will ...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is hinting the provincial government may broaden a tax cut on food items but not as much as some people are demanding. Most basic food items, including milk, meat...

EDMONTON - Lawyers for the Alberta government say collecting signatures for a potential referendum on separation doesn't violate treaty rights, and they argue holding a vote on leaving Canada wouldn't...

The Trump administration on Thursday proposed weakening rules for the disposal of ash produced by burning coal that can contain hazardous heavy metals and contaminate groundwater. Those regulations we...

CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA - Police in Calgary have charged one of their civilian staffers with using their database to seek out people for personal relationships. Police say they executed a search warr...

EDMONTON - The president of the United Nurses of Alberta is calling for quicker installation of weapons scanners at urban hospitals, saying her members face "threats of violence almost daily." Heather...

HALIFAX - Mi'kmaw chiefs in Nova Scotia are demanding a moratorium on RCMP raids on cannabis stores in their communities. The call from Maw-lukutijik Saqmaq, also known as the Assembly of Nova Scotia ...

SASKATOON - A harm reduction organization in Saskatoon is shutting down completely, with the board's vice-chair saying he expects the closure to create a void in services for those battling addictions...

HALIFAX - The government of France says it has yet to make a decision about the fate of two captive killer whales that an animal welfare group wants to bring to a proposed coastal refuge in Nova Scoti...