Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - Ottawa's tepid approach to expanding trade in Africa risks seeing Canada fall behind its peers in building commerce on the continent, warns South Africa's envoy. High Commissioner Rieaz Shaik...

OTTAWA - A last-ditch effort to reach a new trade deal before a midnight tariff deadline failed Friday, as Prime Minister Mark Carney suspended talks with the United States and summoned his negotiator...

TORONTO - Canada's main stock index gained more than 250 points on Friday as trade talks between Canada and the U.S. continued, while markets south of the border also gained ground. Canada-U.S. Trade ...

OTTAWA - Some Conservative strategists said there is little to take away from U.S. Vice President JD Vance's apparent mockery of Leader Pierre Poilievre in a fundraising speech this week. In audio fro...

OTTAWA - Canadians planning to vote in upcoming federal byelections have until Tuesday to apply for a special ballot. Three byelections are set for Aug. 31 in the ridings of North Vancouver-Capilano, ...

PHOENIX (AP) - State prosecutors declined to file criminal charges against Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs over allegations that she took part in a pay-to-play scheme with a group home company that received ...

MONTRAL - A Parti Qubcois government would abolish public health agency Sant Qubec to invest more in direct care for the public. Party leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon called the agency a bureaucratic ...

SAULNIERVILLE - A group representing commercial fishers in Nova Scotia says it plans to appeal after a court ruled it does not have standing to pursue a case involving Indigenous fishing rights. The U...

HALIFAX - A U.S.-based group that wants to build a seaside refuge in Nova Scotia for whales retired from marine parks has signed a 20-year lease for Crown property on the province's eastern shore. The...

REGINA - Saskatchewan will not be buying high-tech attack weapons for its marshals service after all. Community Safety Minister Michael Weger says the program was never approved and that the purchase ...