Tag Archives: Politics

REGINA - Saskatchewan's legislature has passed a bill that opens the door for local governments to order firefighters to burn down derelict buildings, a move firefighters say they oppose. Bill 21, the...

HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia legislative committee heard disturbing testimony Tuesday from a mother of four who described how her spouse allegedly subjected them to harassment while the police and courts s...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced his new cabinet. Here is the list of all 28 Liberal cabinet members, as well as 10 secretaries of state. Returning members of cabinet: Anita Anand, mi...

VICTORIA - Plans by the British Columbia legislative assembly to open a child-care facility remain up in the air after the provincial government rejected a funding request. The legislature sought the ...

OTTAWA - Former housing minister Nate Erskine-Smith says it's "impossible not to feel disrespected" after being dropped from cabinet. In a series of social media posts Tuesday, the member of Parliamen...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has unveiled his 28-member cabinet and it's a mix of familiar and new faces from across Canada. Carney's cabinet is smaller than that of his predecessor - former pr...

CALGARY - Ottawa is weighing the proposed takeover of Calgary-based Parkland Corp. by American fuel distributor Sunoco LP at a time of fraught Canada-U.S. relations and amped-up resource nationalism. ...

Gregor Robertson set himself a bold goal as the newly elected mayor in Vancouver in 2008 - ending street homelessness in the city by 2015. Seventeen years later, British Columbia remains immersed in t...

MONTREAL - The Bloc Qubcois candidate for the Montreal-area riding of Terrebonne says she's considering her options after a judicial recount that saw her lose by a single vote. "Following a judicial r...

TORONTO - Local residents and a First Nation brought their fight against a large landfill to Queen's Park, where they accused the premier of trampling over the community's concerns to fast-track a pro...