Tag Archives: Politics

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - President Donald Trump's administration said Monday that it will partially fund SNAP after two judges issued rulings requiring it to keep the nation's largest food aid program ...

OTTAWA - Sweden is sending a large delegation of some of its most prominent people to Canada later this month as it seeks closer ties across the Arctic. Rideau Hall says Gov. Gen. Mary Simon will welc...

OTTAWA - A Global Affairs Canada briefing note suggests the department expects fewer questions in the House of Commons about possible cuts to foreign aid because of the much-reduced NDP caucus. "A dec...

OTTAWA - As Prime Minister Mark Carney prepares to visit the United Arab Emirates, human rights advocates are calling on his government to do more to stop the flow of weapons from the UAE to a militia...

WHITEHORSE - Yukon Party Leader Currie Dixon says Yukon voters have opted for change by electing what he calls a "strong Yukon Party majority government." Dixon is set to become the Yukon's first prem...

MONTREAL - Voters in roughly 1,100 municipalities across Quebec chose their local leaders on Sunday. Here are four things to know about the province's municipal election results. Montrealers have vote...

TERRACE, BRITISH COLUMBIA - A First Nation from the northwest coast of British Columbia has voted in favour of a constitution and a treaty that it says opens a path to a new era of self-government. Th...

A group representing more than a dozen Manitoba municipalities says RCMP are investigating a gruesome Halloween display the group believes was meant to intimidate local politicians. Ivan Normandeau, p...

OTTAWA - Defence Minister David McGuinty has signed a defence co-operation agreement with the Philippines, on the final day of a visit meant to strengthen defence relations. The agreement will allow t...

by Craig Lord OTTAWA - Prime Minster Mark Carney's government is getting ready to table its first budget this week - one that will be markedly different from budgets of the past. "This one is importan...