Tag Archives: Politics

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government defended its trade representative in Washington, D.C., on Monday as more details emerged about how much taxpayers are providing the consultant. Former television rep...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is walking back comments that a supervised drug consumption site could open soon, with Premier Wab Kinew saying the province is taking some time to get things right....

EDMONTON - Alberta may soon require oil and gas companies to keep on top of their municipal property tax payments if they want to keep producing. It's one of the proposals released Monday in a report ...

OTTAWA - Canada can successfully navigate President Donald Trump's call for NATO allies to secure the Strait of Hormuz without getting drawn into the war, Defence Minister David McGuinty said Monday. ...

OTTAWA - Some of Canada's most prominent conservation groups say Ottawa is putting at risk its goals to protect nearly one-third of Canada's land and waterways, with tens of millions of dollars in fed...

The federal government should legalize the use of pepper spray for self-defence purposes, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday in one of several justice-themed points of contention he raised at a pre...

EDMONTON - A hockey-loving town in southern Alberta that lost its only two ice rinks in a Zamboni explosion says it will cost millions to rebuild. Derrin Thibault, Taber's chief administrative officer...

OTTAWA - The federal government is putting $200 million toward a Canadian-owned launch pad so it can send satellites into orbit without the assistance of other nations or other foreign third parties. ...

TORONTO - The Ontario government confirmed Monday it is cutting provincial funding for seven supervised drug consumption sites, days after harm reduction advocates said they were notified of the decis...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump may delay his China trip due to the Iran war, but Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday it's not to pressure Beijing on the Strait of Hormuz. Bessent sa...