Tag Archives: Politics

TORONTO - When Ashley Ferreira's five-year-old son was diagnosed with autism in 2020 she never imagined that a five-year wait lay ahead for him to get access to government-funded core therapies. "I th...

GEOJE - The commander of the Royal Canadian Navy is pouring cold water on the notion that Canada could see its new fleet of submarines built domestically - although he's not ruling out the idea altoge...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba legislature members are sparring over the meaning behind a "waah waah" noise that sounded like a baby crying. Opposition Tory Jeff Wharton made the noise during a debate Tuesday ov...

MONTREAL - Doctors in Quebec are up in arms over a recent provincial law that imposes a new payment system on physicians and prohibits them from using pressure tactics to oppose the policy. Meanwhile,...

DAWSON CREEK - The City of Dawson Creek in northeastern British Columbia says it has applied to extend its state of local emergency over drought concerns. The city issued a statement Wednesday saying ...

OTTAWA - No Canadians have been reported dead as a result of Hurricane Melissa making landfall in the Caribbean, the MP overseeing Canada's foreign aid said Wednesday. Randeep Sarai, secretary of stat...

VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby said he would stake his government on the passage of a bill to fast-track construction of the North Coast Transmission Line to power future resource proje...

WASHINGTON - Canada's ambassador to the United States said her team in Washington has continued to communicate with American officials since President Donald Trump said he was terminating trade talks....

OTTAWA - Federal Energy Minister Tim Hodgson announced millions of dollars for clean tech projects on Wednesday, ahead of the G7 ministerial meetings in Toronto starting Thursday. Delivering the keyno...

Canadian athletes enter the home stretch of preparation for the 2026 Winter Games that start in 100 days, but they'll soon learn whether the organizations that support them can continue to do so. With...