Tag Archives: Politics

WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to provide dozens of lawyers to the Justice Department for temporary assignments in Memphis and near the U.S.-Mexico border th...

OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Lena Diab says the definition of a "public interest" event that would allow her department to pause or revoke immigration applications is "intentionally not defined" in n...

VICTORIA - B.C. Green Leader Emily Lowan said Premier David Eby's threat of an early election if a bill to fast-track a multibillion-dollar northern power line fails is a "cheap trick" that would leav...

REGINA - The Saskatchewan government is committing to daily updates on which health facilities and services are being temporarily closed. Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill told the chamber Thursday the ...

WINNIPEG - A high school football player who sustained a severe spinal injury in a game earlier this month died in hospital Wednesday night, the Winnipeg School Division said Thursday. "It is with dee...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government has established a 25-member committee to advise the government on how to prevent gender-based violence. Leah Martin, minister responsible for the Advisory Council ...

VICTORIA - Elections BC says British Columbia should extend the campaign period for fixed-date elections and byelections by having "writ day" and the close of nominations occur on Wednesdays instead o...

QUBEC - The Quebec government has passed a law extending the province's ban on religious symbols to everyone who interacts with students in schools. The law also prohibits students from wearing face c...

MONTREAL - The 1995 referendum on independence took place 30 years ago on Thursday, when a razor-thin majority of Quebecers voted to stay in Canada. After a dramatic campaign during which the sovereig...

OTTAWA - Ottawa's new climate competitiveness strategy is being developed "behind closed doors," without input from First Nations, an Assembly of First Nations leader charged at a parliamentary commit...