Tag Archives: Politics

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government plans to spend $180 million to build two involuntary drug addiction treatment centres. Smith says the new facilities coincide with her gove...

MONTREAL - Indigenous people risk being pushed aside as Canada looks to defend itself against a possible trade war with the United States, says an outgoing regional chief of the Assembly of First Nati...

OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh says he's "absolutely" the right person to lead the New Democrats into the next election despite the party's drop in the polls. A recent Leger poll puts the NDP at just 14 per c...

OTTAWA - The world marked the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Monday. Here are some quotes: "Despite the immense pain and devastation that they have endured, the Ukrain...

A running list of election promises announced by the Ontario Progressive Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Greens in the province's snap election campaign. The vote is set for Feb. 27. Progressive Cons...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government says more than 200,000 people have requested plastic health cards since online applications opened last month. The province says those people should get their cards ...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's Opposition Leader John Rustad has found a carbon tax he likes, proposing such a levy on U.S. thermal coal shipped out of provincial ports as a way to pressure the White H...

The Progressive Conservatives are looking to win a third consecutive majority government for the first time in more than 50 years when Ontario votes on Thursday. PC leader Doug Ford said he called the...

FREDERICTON - An external review of police conduct around the wrongful murder convictions of two New Brunswick men has been completed, but the civilian board that oversees the Saint John, N.B., police...

HALIFAX - A bill that would allow the Nova Scotia government to carve out a protected riding for the Acadian region of Chticamp passed the committee stage Monday without changes, despite voter parity ...