Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - Ottawa and the provinces raked in more than $5.4 billion in cannabis tax revenue since the drug was legalized for recreational use in October 2018. The federal government has collected $1.2 b...

OTTAWA - Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson said on Monday the government is getting close to being able to provide clarity on whether Ottawa would repeal the West Coast oil tanker ban....

OTTAWA - The federal Office of Public Service Accessibility is in limbo months after it produced a document accusing the government of falling behind on supports for public servants with disabilities....

REGINA - This year's Saskatchewan budget is sinking deeper into the red, mainly due to the cost of fighting the summer's wildfires and higher health-care expenses. Finance Minister Jim Reiter, in a mi...

OTTAWA - Meta has been lobbying the federal government for new rules to implement age verification at the app store level - which would place the burden on companies like Apple and Google, not individ...

HALIFAX - Canadian farmers plan to lobby the federal government to implement a guaranteed annual income and a cap on the profits of the major grocery store chains in the country. The lobbying plans we...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration plans a review of all refugees admitted to the U.S. during the Biden administration, according to a memo obtained Monday by The Associated Press, in the late...

EDMONTON - Nine Alberta legislature members with Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus are facing recall petitions from constituents. It's the first time the province's Recall Act ...

VICTORIA - For a project he says "doesn't actually exist," there was a lot British Columbia Premier David Eby had to say about a potential pipeline from Alberta to B.C.'s northern coast, in a phone ca...

EDMONTON - The Alberta government has tabled a bill that would open the door for surgeons to charge patients for privately delivered procedures while keeping a foot in the public system and billing ta...