Tag Archives: Politics

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has approved an amended environment assessment certificate for block-caving at the Red Chris Mine, the same site where three workers were trapped last July. ...

Democratic candidates have secured the two slots for a special general election to serve out the remaining term of former California U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell, who resigned from Congress after sexual as...

EDMONTON - Alberta's government is now giving a 119-year-old historical society some transitional funding after the group was left out of the latest budget. The government's February budget was tabled...

OTTAWA - Human rights advocates say Ottawa is betraying foreigners alleging involvement by Canadian companies abroad in forced labour and environmental degradation by shutting down an office meant to ...

CALGARY - A Calgary man who has been fighting for Ukraine and suffered burns to nearly 30 per cent of his body in a Russian drone strike on Canada Day last year is receiving a medal from the Ukrainian...

OTTAWA - As the House of Commons rose Thursday for its summer break, the federal government touted all the legislation it passed over the preceding months, while the opposition Conservatives maintaine...

OTTAWA - Members of Parliament have wrapped up a spring sitting in the House of Commons that stretched over six months and saw the Liberals use their new majority powers to limit debate and push throu...

EDMONTON - A judge has reserved her decision on whether to set aside a ruling that quashed an Alberta separatist group's referendum petition, but says she has some concerns with parts of last month's ...

EDMONTON - Albertans who apply for $100 payments from the province could see the money land in their bank accounts within two weeks of applying. Premier Danielle Smith has said her government is dolin...

OTTAWA - A Grassy Narrows First Nation woman who suffers from mercury poisoning is insisting that Prime Minister Mark Carney apologize for saying he could "outlast" her during a March protest. At a pr...