Tag Archives: Politics

BURNABY - British Columbia jails have been added to the growing list of sites behind picket lines as public service workers escalate job action. The BC General Employees' Union said in a statement Fri...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is defending his decision to pay the CEOs of two new government offices annual salaries that are higher than his own. The federal Conservatives have criticized the ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday the fate of the emissions cap on oil and gas producers depends on other efforts to lower emissions, suggesting his government might be open to scrapping...

The U.S. government is increasingly taking stakes in publicly traded companies, including Intel and Canadian-based miners Trilogy Metals and Lithium Americas, giving rise to concerns over the potentia...

MONTREAL - Quebec's chief coroner has ordered a public inquiry into fatal collisions involving heavy trucks, as trucking industry representatives have been sounding the alarm about unsafe conditions o...

OTTAWA - A Liberal MP is warning senators on a committee studying proposed changes to the Indian Act that they might do more harm than good if they pursue changes to the law that were never endorsed b...

MONTREAL - Canada's top court has sided with a Quebec lawyer in a $2-million dispute that has lasted for more than two decades, involving a Montreal-area Mohawk community. On Friday, the Supreme Court...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Maine's two-term Democratic Gov. Janet Mills will run for the U.S. Senate seat held by veteran Republican Sen. Susan Collins next year, two people familiar with Mills' plans sai...

TORONTO - The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board says it's paying $1.6 billion to boost its stake in a Spanish-based environmental services company. The pension fund manager says the investment will...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - National Guard troops were seen patrolling in Memphis for the first time on Friday, as part of President Donald Trump's federal task force, which faces multiple legal challenges....