Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - The European Union says Canada will need to pay 10 million euros - the equivalent of C$16 million - to join a defence procurement agreement with the continent, a price tag that is raising que...

OTTAWA - The vice-chair of the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency says the spy watchdog will face "very difficult choices" about what it examines in coming years due to federal budget cu...

TORONTO - Blue Jays designated hitter George Springer was named the team's player of the year by the Toronto chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America on Wednesday. Springer, who hit .30...

OTTAWA - Conservative immigration critic Michelle Rempel-Garner said Wednesday it's time for the federal government to end virtual citizenship ceremonies. The Conservatives campaigned on this idea dur...

MONTRAL - A doctor and former head of a Quebec political party has been suspended for six months from practising medicine by the province's college of physicians for his approach to treating patients ...

OTTAWA - Anti-armament advocates say Canadian firms shouldn't be selling armoured military vehicles to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or any other organizations with sketchy human ...

VICTORIA - An attempted coup against John Rustad's leadership of the Conservative Party of B.C. descended into chaos on Wednesday, with the party's legislators unable to agree who was in charge. The p...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia NDP caucus says legislator Joan Phillip is dealing with an illness that requires additional testing. New Democrat caucus chair Garry Begg said in a news release on Wedn...

OTTAWA - The federal government is in the process of sending letters with information on its planned early retirement program to almost 70,000 employees as it works to reduce the size of the public se...

QUBEC - The Quebec government is planning to eliminate the equivalent of 5,000 full-time positions in the civil service by March 2027. Treasury Board President France-laine Duranceau also says that by...