Tag Archives: Politics

EDMONTON - Dozens of students played hooky from school Monday to rally for teachers at Alberta's legislature as a provincewide strike deadline nears. They shouted, "Hey, hey, ho, ho, where did the bud...

TORONTO - Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles has parted ways with two of her top staffers after receiving 68 per cent support in a leadership review over the weekend. She says in a statement that chief o...

VICTORIA - British Columbia Health Minister Josie Osborne says the province is "doing very well" in its recruiting drive of health care professionals from the United States, but admits that it will ta...

DELTA - Liquor and cannabis warehouses in British Columbia are now behind picket lines as public sector workers step up job action to try to pressure the government back to the bargaining table. The B...

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree suggested recently that an acquaintance shouldn't worry about being arrested for refusing to turn in a banned firearm because municipal police have ...

OTTAWA - NDP immigration critic Jenny Kwan said Monday the government needs to do more to get people out of Gaza who applied for temporary visas through an extended family reunification program. The p...

OTTAWA - Health care advocates say they're worried the Liberal government will backtrack on its promise to create a universal, single-payer pharmacare program. Frdrique Chabot, executive director of A...

OTTAWA - Ottawa is asking the Federal Court to overturn a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal order directing it to work with First Nations to reform the child welfare system, and for a new panel to be str...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Tech giant Oracle will receive a copy of TikTok's algorithm to operate for U.S. users, according to a senior official in President Donald Trump's administration on Monday. Determinin...

HALIFAX - With revenues down and spending up due to a slowing economy, Nova Scotia is forecasting a record deficit of $1.2 billion for the current fiscal year. The figure released Monday by Finance Mi...