Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney used a hastily convened meeting with world leaders at U.S. President Donald Trump's peace summit in Egypt on Monday to push for deeper trade ties with several count...

HALIFAX - Halifax university student union leaders are calling on the Nova Scotia government to address the high cost of housing they say is making it harder for students to study and live in the prov...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government must do more to reduce the physical and psychological harm to young people caused by wildfires, the provincial advocate for children and youth said Wednesday. "Manit...

WHITEHORSE - The governing Liberal party in the Yukon has failed to secure a full slate of 21 candidates as the deadline to add names to the ballot passes for the Nov. 3 election. A statement from Ele...

DAWSON CREEK - A severe and prolonged drought has set off a declaration of a state of local emergency in Dawson Creek, B.C. Mayor Darcy Dober says in a statement that despite years of conservation the...

WASHINGTON - Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne said a new International Monetary Fund report shows while the global economy is showing resilience in the face of U.S. tariffs, trade uncertain...

EDMONTON - Alberta's finance minister says there's still a major divide between what the union representing striking teachers is asking for and what the government is willing to spend, while teachers ...

OTTAWA - Young workers in Canada are facing an increasingly bleak jobs market - and the federal Conservatives and Liberals are at odds over how the government could help. Unemployment rose to 14.7 per...

MONTREAL - Six days before the nail-biting 1995 Quebec referendum that nearly tore the country apart, Jean Chrtien told his ministers to keep their cool. The prime minister acknowledged that day that ...

ST. JOHN'S - The premier of Quebec says he is committed to working with Newfoundland and Labrador following election results that have cast doubt on a tentative energy deal between the provinces. The ...