Tag Archives: Politics

VICTORIA - Municipal leaders in British Columbia are calling on the provincial government to fill housing gaps that have been pressing for "far too long" and have increased homelessness in their commu...

MONTREAL - Canada's top court is currently weighing a $2-million dispute that has embroiled a Quebec lawyer and a Montreal-area Mohawk community for more than two decades. The Supreme Court's decision...

Canada and other major fossil fuel-producing countries are derailing the world's chance to hit key targets to rein in climate change, a new international report suggests, with 2030 production levels e...

MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says his government will table new legislation to speed up environmental approvals, modelled on the federal major projects law. During a Sunday evening appear...

OTTAWA - Canada's formal recognition of a Palestinian state drew applause from longtime advocates of the move and sharp denunciation from voices who said it would not foster a lasting peace. Prime Min...

TORONTO - A 14-year-old boy was seriously injured after a collision early Sunday morning in Toronto. Ontario's Special Investigations Unit says a Toronto Police Service officer pursued a driver for sp...

TORONTO - Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Teck and Joly Industry Minister Mlanie Joly is expected to meet with the chief executives of Teck Resources Ltd. a...

NEW YORK - Prime Minister Mark Carney formally announced that Canada will recognize a Palestinian state ahead of the United Nations General Assembly as the international gathering of world leaders gra...

OTTAWA - Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee says the Royal Canadian Navy is "not out of the woods" yet on its recruitment crisis and the next four to five years are going to be "really hard." It's been two ye...

EDMONTON - Alberta's premier says her government might invoke the notwithstanding clause to defend laws affecting transgender people because courts may take "years and years and years" to resolve the ...