Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - The federal government's analysis of how much the carbon tax is costing farmers to use their grain dryers varies wildly from what Prairie farm groups say their producers are actually paying. ...

OTTAWA - The COVID-19 pandemic shows migrant labourers in Canada can no longer be treated like "throwaway people" as they have been in the past, advocates said Wednesday. From the asylum-seekers in Qu...

EDMONTON - Health experts say it makes sense for Alberta to take the next step in reopening its economy, but warn there will be an uptick in COVID-19 cases due to an inability to physically dista...

Saskatchewan's NDP is raising questions about how kids will return to the classroom in the fall. Education Minister Gord Wyant announced Tuesday that students and staff will be going back to school st...

Halifax moved to the forefront of the national debate over "defunding" police forces this week when council decided to scuttle the purchase of an armoured rescue vehicle - a move&n...

HALIFAX - A law professor says she hopes the creation of a research lab aimed at promoting restorative justice will help institutions start tackling racial discrimination and other ...

EDMONTON - A dozen conservation and Indigenous groups have written federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson asking him to force the Alberta government to reinstate environmental monitoring in t...

TORONTO - A noted veterans activist has settled his $25,000 defamation lawsuit against former minister of veterans affairs Seamus O'Reagan after a two-year battle, the parties said on Wednesday. Detai...

OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says all federal agencies, including police, must understand that systemic racism is a problem, but advocates say they want more than the minister's ac...

WASHINGTON - A former federal judge appointed to review the Justice Department's motion to dismiss criminal charges against President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn said...