Tag Archives: Politics

MONTREAL - The prospect of a referendum on Quebec sovereignty took centre stage Wednesday as the heads of the main political parties squared off for a provincial election leaders' debate in the shadow...

MONTREAL - lections Qubec knew it would not be allowed to send voter information in English over a year before the election campaign, The Canadian Press has learned. The provincial election authority ...

STRASBOURG, FRANCE - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday she wants Canada to become the first "associate member" of the European Union, though Canadian officials downplay...

TORONTO - Former prime minister Stephen Harper says the federal government had "no choice" but to walk away from trade talks with the United States. Delivering closing remarks at Canada's first-ever n...

COLDBROOK - A Nova Scotia woman says she doesn't know who her family buried eight years ago after the new owners of an Annapolis Valley funeral home recently revealed that her father's remains were st...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's deputy premier and attorney general, Niki Sharma, said she doesn't want strides made with the province's Indigenous rights legislation to get lost amid criticism of the ...

REGINA - Saskatchewan's Opposition NDP is calling for the province to pause construction on large-scale artificial intelligence centres until more robust public consultations on the projects are done....

ST. JOHN'S - The Innu in Labrador need an apology before they can back a proposed energy deal with Hydro-Qubec on their traditional lands, Grand Chief Jodie Ashini said Tuesday. Ashini said the Newfou...

OTTAWA - The federal public service has shed more than 23,000 staffers over the last two years, says Canada's parliamentary spending watchdog. A new online tool released by the Office of the Parliamen...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is heading to France on Tuesday ahead of his address to the European Parliament, where he hopes to secure deeper ties with the European Union. Carney was invited by...