Tag Archives: Politics

WASHINGTON, Wash. - It's long past time for the United States to work with Canada and other allies on a new strategy for the Pacific Rim, and the path to the new NAFTA would make an excellent road map...

OTTAWA - It was in a recent meeting with child-care experts that Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland made some heads turn. For years, advocates of broader federal involvement in a provincially regulate...

VANCOUVER - Airbnb is launching a new program for cities and tourist organizations aimed at helping them ensure compliance with local rules. Vancouver and Calgary are among the 10 North American citie...

OTTAWA - Montreal lawyer Meryam Haddad has appealed her expulsion from the Green party leadership contest and is expecting to find out tonight if she will be let back in. A spokesperson for Haddad's c...

KYIV, Ukraine - President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus was sworn in Wednesday to his sixth term in office at an inaugural ceremony that was not announced in advance amid weeks of huge protests of t...

REGINA - Party leaders in Saskatchewan officially began their campaigns Tuesday in an election race defined by the COVID-19 pandemic and the dramatic difference between the two leaders seeking power. ...

REGINA - A look at Scott Moe, leader of the Saskatchewan Party: Born: July 31, 1973, in Prince Albert, Sask. Early years: Raised as the oldest in a family of five on a grain farm near Shellbrook, Sask...

OTTAWA - The federal ethics watchdog has dismissed Conservative allegations of conflict of interest involving Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's chief of staff and her husband. Ethics commissioner Mario ...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor said she's received death threats in her role as a public figure during the COVID-19 pandemic. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry told a panel discussi...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada reserved judgment on the national carbon tax Wednesday. After two days of hearings and presentations from more than two dozen interested parties, the court adjourn...