Tag Archives: Politics

Democrat Nancy Lacore won election Friday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing South Carolina's 1st Congressional District, defeating Republican Jenny Costa Honeycutt. Lacore is a former ...

OTTAWA - The federal government is looking to restore the auditor general's access to privileged information. In Thursday's federal budget, a line item in a list of proposed legislative changes indica...

MONTREAL - The mayor of a Montreal-area suburb posted online comments about Palestine that were "violent in nature" and have no place in society, said the disciplinary committee of the Quebec order of...

SASKATOON - Saskatchewan's finance minister says his province plans to participate in the federal government's new mega deduction tax program. Jim Reiter says implementing the program is expected to c...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government welcomes "any moves" to restore free trade between Canada and the United States as officials south of the border push to end the trade war. In t...

TORONTO (AP) - The Toronto Blue Jays say a series of anti-Muslim videos posted by Anthony Santander on the right-fielder's social media account do not represent the team's values and beliefs. The team...

MONTREAL - Quebec's newly minted internal security minister touted the importance of public trust as he waded into a scandal that has rocked Montreal police. Guy Jr. Lapointe made the comments after r...

VICTORIA - British Columbia premier-designate Lorne Doerkson is a fan of this week's federal budget, but two economists caution that it may not be easily emulated provincially. Marc Lee, senior econom...

MONTREAL - Quebec is eager to safeguard its trade relationship with the United States following midterm elections that handed Democrats control of Congress, according to a senior government official. ...

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin says she's confident billions of dollars in tax credits in the new federal budget will encourage private investment to build out Canada's electricity grid....