Tag Archives: Politics

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says criticism of his government's decision to close emergency rooms overnight in six community hospitals exposed serious gaps in the plan an...

MONTREAL - The head of a Jewish home-schooling association took umbrage in court Monday with the accusation his ultra-Orthodox community fails to properly educate its boys, claiming Talmudic stud...

OTTAWA - Transport Minister Marc Garneau is easing speed restrictions placed on certain trains following a derailment in Saskatchewan earlier this month that spilled 1.2 million litres of crude oil an...

RCMP began enforcing an injunction earlier this month that prevents interference with construction of a $6.6-billion natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia. Here is a timeline of the disput...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is meeting today with the secretive Incident Response Group, a cabinet committee whose exact membership is kept under wraps. They're set to discuss the ongoing anti-...

ADVOCATE HARBOUR, N.S. - In a garage filled with a massive - and idle - road grader, Scott MacGillivary's anxiety grows as he wonders what's to become of his family following the closure of a Nov...

OTTAWA - One of Canada's major mobile service providers appears to have set the stage for a battle with Ottawa over the timing of proposed wireless rate cuts. Telus and affiliated brands Koo...

OTTAWA - An upcoming meeting in British Columbia is emerging as the focal point for hopes of a speedy and peaceful end to the blockades that have disrupted rail and road traffic across large swat...

OTTAWA - A coalition of 150 health care organizations and non-profits is calling on Finance Minister Bill Morneau to make sure there is funding in the coming federal budget to launch the first phase o...

Mainland China reported 1,886 new virus cases and 98 more deaths for a total of 1,868 in its update Tuesday, following a report that 80% of cases have been mild, prompting guarded optimism from health...