Tag Archives: Politics

QUBEC - The Quebec government wants the power to intervene in labour disputes that have disrupted public transit in Montreal since the start of November, which it says are holding the city's residents...

OTTAWA - One economist argues the federal Liberals' renewed pledge to throttle immigration levels over the next few years will weigh on Canada's economic growth. The federal budget tabled last week re...

OTTAWA - This Remembrance Day marks eight decades since the conclusion of the Second World War and 25 years since the entombment of Canada's Unknown Soldier, a First World War combatant who remains un...

Airlines have canceled more 9,000 flights across the U.S. since the Federal Aviation Administration ordered flight cuts late last week, mostly to ease demand on control towers that are short-staffed d...

NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand opened a meeting of the Group of Seven countries Tuesday by calling for continued collaboration on many of the world's problems, from Russia'...

OTTAWA - The federal budget signals there is no room for the premiers to negotiate for more health-care funding in the coming years, one economist says - and the Ontario government is calling for that...

TORONTO - Ontario has secured a one-year extension with the federal government for the national $10-a-day child-care program, giving parents reassurance their fees won't rise for at least 12 more mont...

WINNIPEG - Some municipalities in Manitoba are renewing calls for the province to make legislative changes to reduce the role police play in responding to crises as rural and northern communities deal...

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Securities Commission says it has reached a nearly $4.2 million settlement with a man and his company for misleading shareholders and misusing investor funds for perso...

OTTAWA - Veterans Affairs Minister Jill McKnight says she respects the independence of Nova Scotia's judiciary in determining judges have the right to ban the poppy from their courtrooms. Earlier this...