Tag Archives: Politics

CALGARY - Premier Jason Kenney says Alberta has completed a deal to get out of the oil-by-rail business, but at a loss of $1.3 billion - a debacle he blames on the former NDP government. Kenney s...

OTTAWA - Senior defence officials were warned that a fight with provinces and hospitals over soldiers' medical costs, including threats not to treat military personnel, could mean "negative ...

OTTAWA - Another potential contender for leadership of the federal Conservatives is backing away from the race. John Williamson, a member of Parliament from New Brunswick, says he won't enter the cont...

Protests in support of Indigenous hereditary chiefs who oppose a major pipeline project flared across Canada for a fifth day on Tuesday, disrupting British Columbia's legislature and forcing the cance...

OTTAWA - The Conservatives want to know what federal officials are doing about China's alleged involvement in stealing data from thousands of Canadians. In a letter to Prime M...

OTTAWA - Next stop: the Caribbean. That is where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be heading next week as he continues making his pitch for why Canada should have a seat on the United Nations Securi...

HALIFAX - Further measures are coming to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale in Canadian waters, federal Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan told a meeting on fishing gear innovation Tu...

DAKAR, Senegal - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in Senegal late Tuesday for an official visit that will test his commitment to gender equality with one of Canada's closest francophone...

A husband and wife from central Alberta say they are "feeling quite happy and relaxed" quarantined aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in the port city of Yokohama,...

KINGSTON, Ont. - Former federal health minister Jane Philpott has been tapped to lead the faculty of health sciences at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont. The university says Philpott, who repr...