Tag Archives: Politics

CHARLOTTETOWN - Prince Edward Island's Progressive Conservatives have abandoned a much-criticized effort to soften conflict of interest rules that would have allowed a lobster fisher to serve in cabin...

TORONTO - The nomination period for mayoral, council and school trustee candidates in this fall's Ontario municipal elections began Friday, with several major issues taking centre stage in the provinc...

EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith says her government will look at new legislation depending on what comes out of investigations into claims a separatist group breached the personal information of nea...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says a key approval for a cross-border oil pipeline project to deliver more of the province's crude to the United States is coming after years of advocacy fro...

ST. JOHN'S - A draft deal between hydroelectric utilities in Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador is set to expire Thursday, but at least one premier is keen to keep negotiating. Newfoundland and Labr...

OTTAWA - The federal government will weigh information provided by OpenAI on the Tumbler Ridge, B.C. shooting before taking action, Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon said Thursday. Solomon...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress has approved a short-term extension of a critical surveillance program used by U.S. spy agencies, staving off a Friday expiration as disputes over a longer reauthorization r...

VICTORIA - The B.C. government says construction contracts for five health-care projects have been cancelled, after depicting them as being "re-paced" in the February budget. Infrastructure Minister B...

OTTAWA - Opposition MPs say the Liberals used their new power as a majority government Thursday to shelve debate on calls for the government to provide documents about a $6.6 billion IT project that h...

OTTAWA - Canada's new parliamentary budget officer criticized the government's spring economic update on Thursday for lacking details on spending targets and results. Appearing before the House of Com...