Tag Archives: Politics

HALIFAX - A new poll suggests the approval rating for Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston's government has partially recovered from the plunge it took following a round of big budget cuts in February. The...

MONTREAL - Members of Quebec's anglophone community are hailing a Quebec Superior Court ruling that ordered lections Qubec to mail voting reminder cards in both French and English. The ruling provides...

OTTAWA - Calian Group Ltd. has signed a deal to form a partnership with Ukrainian technology and defence company SkyFall that will focus on drone-enabled defence training. The partnership will see Sky...

OTTAWA - Five gun control advocacy groups are renewing pressure on the RCMP to disclose information about the firearms used in the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., saying public discussion of the...

MONTREAL - The prospect of a referendum on Quebec sovereignty took centre stage Wednesday as the heads of the main political parties squared off for a provincial election leaders' debate in the shadow...

MONTREAL - lections Qubec knew it would not be allowed to send voter information in English over a year before the election campaign, The Canadian Press has learned. The provincial election authority ...

STRASBOURG, FRANCE - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday she wants Canada to become the first "associate member" of the European Union, though Canadian officials downplay...

TORONTO - Former prime minister Stephen Harper says the federal government had "no choice" but to walk away from trade talks with the United States. Delivering closing remarks at Canada's first-ever n...

COLDBROOK - A Nova Scotia woman says she doesn't know who her family buried eight years ago after the new owners of an Annapolis Valley funeral home recently revealed that her father's remains were st...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's deputy premier and attorney general, Niki Sharma, said she doesn't want strides made with the province's Indigenous rights legislation to get lost amid criticism of the ...