Tag Archives: Politics

WINNIPEG - Caught between a federal government demanding a rising carbon tax and some Progressive Conservative supporters opposed to any such levy, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister offered a compromis...

VICTORIA - Dozens of Indigenous youth and their supporters packed blankets and tarps Thursday, ending a 17-day protest at British Columbia's legislature that saw a fire burning constantly&nb...

WASHINGTON - Elizabeth Warren ended her once-promising presidential campaign on Thursday after failing to finish higher than third place in any of the 18 states that have voted so far. While the Massa...

OTTAWA - The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project has cleared another legal hurdle. The Supreme Court of Canada has decided not to hear five challenges from environment and Indigen...

WASHINGTON - Canada is taking a lead role in what Transport Minister Marc Garneau said Thursday he hopes will become an international effort to better protect civilian airliners around the world from ...

OTTAWA - There are 235 Canadians on the passenger manifest for a cruise ship that is being held off the coast of California for coronavirus testing. Global Affairs Canada says there are no confirmed c...

WHITEHORSE - Once Yukon residents spring their clocks forward this weekend, there will be no turning back. The Yukon government says the territory will end the practice of seasonal time changes a...

OTTAWA - "We cut taxes for the middle class. It was the first thing we did as a government in 2015, and it helped to lift more than one million Canadians out of poverty. And that's exactly why we...

OTTAWA - Canadians can expect more disruptive protests if the federal government pushes forward with the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion against the wishes of some of the Indigenous communities it w...

VANCOUVER - Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde says it's up to all Wet'suwet'en people to work through the draft agreement struck on Sunday between their hereditary chiefs ...