Tag Archives: Politics

MONTREAL - When community group Mile End Chavurah held an event in 2023 to name Jewish Montreal's "new patron saint," Maimie Pinzer was the winning choice. As an activist, Pinzer established a communi...

HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia minister says she has no interest in allowing a world-renowned golf developer to build a course in a Cape Breton provincial park, but remains open to discussing other projects ...

OTTAWA - The head of the United Nations' HIV/AIDS program is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to reverse his government's planned cuts to foreign aid and global health funding. "My message to Prime M...

MONTREAL - Quebec's major labour unions marched in downtown Montreal Saturday, their members expressing anger over the Quebec government's legislative agenda which includes a number of measures aimed ...

TORONTO - Evacuees from two Toronto highrises are without a timeline for return as firefighters try to battle a smouldering fire caught between the buildings. Officials say firefighters still don't ha...

OTTAWA - Canada maintains a low level of civilian oversight of the military due to Parliament's rigid party discipline, according to a new book that compares it with fourteen other democracies. That c...

BURNABY - The BC General Employees Union says dairy milk testers in the province have started job action. The union says it represents dairy production technicians employed by Lactanet, and they began...

EDMONTON - Alberta's watershed pipeline deal with Ottawa wasn't front and centre Friday when Premier Danielle Smith spoke with United Conservative Party faithful at their annual convention. Smith took...

OTTAWA - Canada will soon have a new operations centre to help co-ordinate countrywide disaster response. Government officials on Friday offered media outlets a tour of the new facility, which is expe...

EDMONTON - The petitioner seeking to have an Alberta cabinet minister removed as a legislator says he believes the politician broke election laws by publicizing his voting record. Joshua Eberhart, in ...