Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - MPs returned to the House of Commons earlier this month to confront an old problem - inflation - which is now being driven by new forces. Many consumers are still reeling from the decades-hig...

VICTORIA - The union representing public sector workers in British Columbia is putting more pressure on government finances while curbing the public's access to alcohol. The B.C. General Employees' Un...

OTTAWA - The number of students working for the federal government fell almost 20 per cent between 2024 and 2025. Data provided by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat shows 9,120 students were em...

The Writers' Trust of Canada says a history professor from the University of Regina has won this year's Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. Raymond B. Blake took home the award at the Polit...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's Jobs Minister Ravi Kahlon says the province is joining federal efforts to develop an "industrial strategy around national defence and sovereignty." Kahlon, who was speaki...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge refused on Wednesday to reinstate eight former inspectors general who filed a lawsuit after the Trump administration fired them with no warning and little explanation...

NEW YORK (AP) - Jimmy Kimmel is back on his ABC late-night show, but it's still a mystery when - or if - viewers in cities such as Washington, Seattle and St. Louis will be able to see him again on th...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government is introducing a bill it says would eliminate red tape and encourage business activity, particularly in the natural resources sector. Tim Halman, who serves as bot...

OTTAWA - An NDP member of Parliament who has been a target of Chinese foreign interference says the federal government should be cautious as it tries to mend its trade relationship with Canada's secon...

OTTAWA - A former Royal Bank of Canada employee faces criminal charges after allegedly accessing the personal information of Prime Minister Mark Carney. Ibrahim El-Hakim, 23, of Ottawa, is charged wit...