Tag Archives: Politics

CALGARY - Calgary's mayor says the conversion of vacant downtown office buildings has reached its mid-term goal. City council introduced a downtown incentive plan nearly five years ago when the office...

FREDERICTON - The premier of New Brunswick says her government is set to sign a new four-year agreement with the provincial medical society that will improve access to primary care. Members of the New...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a case about applications for access to personal information held by Jehovah's Witnesses congregations. The congregations withheld information f...

EDMONTON - An Alberta legislature member was called on by the Opposition to apologize Thursday after saying the province has a duty to step in to deal with "bad parents" while also comparing transgend...

HALIFAX - A crowd of about 50 people gathered in front of the Nova Scotia legislature in Halifax on Thursday for a flag-raising ceremony to recognize Transgender Day of Remembrance. Lisa Lachance, NDP...

OTTAWA - Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland will move to Oxford, England, to take on a new position next summer administering the Rhodes Trust, the educational charity confirmed Thursday. The charity is fam...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration threatened Thursday to withhold nearly $75 million in funding if Pennsylvania does not immediately revoke what the administration claims are illegally issued...

VICTORIA - Legislation to fast-track construction of a northern power line has squeaked through the British Columbia legislature thanks to a deciding vote by the Speaker for the bill that Premier Davi...

A Norwegian company is investing $3.2 billion to build a synthetic graphite plant in southwestern Ontario. Vianode CEO Burkhard Straube says it will construct the plant in St. Thomas, Ont., and will i...

OTTAWA - The dangers children face online constitute a national emergency, a coalition of child advocates and medical organizations said Thursday as they called for the federal government to take acti...