Tag Archives: Politics

VANCOUVER - The Canada Revenue Agency says a worker arrested in Vancouver for alleged identity theft and trafficking of private information is no longer with the agency. A spokesman with the agency di...

OTTAWA - Two Canadian cargo ships are stuck in the Persian Gulf and are unable to pass through the blocked Strait of Hormuz as the war in Iran continues. The Miena Desgagns and the Rosaire A. Desgagns...

HALIFAX - One of Nova Scotia's newest Oscar winners says the provincial government's decision to cut funding for arts and culture will not only impact the development of young talent, but will also hu...

OTTAWA - The federal government is pouring $1.4 billion into the munitions industry to build up the domestic supply of heavy artillery shells and reduce Canada's reliance on foreign suppliers. Ottawa ...

QUBEC - Quebec's new budget has few flashy, big-ticket items for voters ahead of the fall election, reflecting a sober reality of sluggish GDP growth and persistent economic uncertainty, primarily fro...

REGINA - Saskatchewan has introduced a new budget that avoids tax hikes and program cuts but carries with it a big deficit. Finance Minister Jim Reiter tabled the 2026-27 budget on Wednesday. It proje...

CHARLOTTETOWN - Mark McLane, a cabinet member in Prince Edward Island's Progressive Conservative government, died on Tuesday at the age of 56. The provincial government said McLane died after a seriou...

CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton won Tuesday's Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, edging out two sitting members of the U.S. House to advance to a November general election against R...

A former captain with Canada's Snowbirds claims his passport was wrongfully cancelled after working for a pilot training company that the U.S. government says is a "significant enabler" of the Chinese...

OTTAWA - Culture Minister Marc Miller says the government must have a serious conversation about AI systems' use of news. "Having the news cannibalized and regurgitated undermines the spirit of the us...