Tag Archives: Politics

ST. JOHN'S - How can Newfoundlanders and Labradorians be sure that a proposed new energy agreement with Hydro-Qubec is a good deal? The question has dogged the province's Liberals since the tentative ...

TORONTO - Ontario hospitals need an additional $1 billion this year to keep pace with factors such as population growth and inflation, leaving them facing pressures far higher than the deficits they f...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Matt Van Epps, a former commissioner in Gov. Bill Lee's administration who was endorsed by President Donald Trump, and Democratic state Rep. Aftyn Behn won their crowded primar...

WINNIPEG - Former Manitoba premier Heather Stefanson and two of her cabinet ministers were fined Tuesday for violating the province's conflict of interest law in pushing for a mining project. Members ...

LONGUEUIL - The trial of a former Hydro-Qubec employee facing economic espionage charges remains on hold over arguments about the utility's commercial secrets. Hydro-Qubec prompted the delay after int...

HALIFAX - Marineland says it has more than a dozen reasons why none of its remaining 30 belugas should be sent to a proposed whale sanctuary in Nova Scotia. The shuttered Ontario theme park, which is ...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is introducing new legislation aimed at making sure construction workers and contractors are paid on time. Attorney General Niki Sharma says the bill is abou...

EDMONTON - If Adrien Dominguez were teaching this week, he'd be introducing physics to a class of 38 high school students. Instead, the math and science teacher from High Prairie, northwest of Edmonto...

OTTAWA - Five premiers say Ottawa must withdraw its recent call for limits on the notwithstanding clause because it amounts to a "complete disavowal" of the bargain that spawned the Charter of Rights ...

VICTORIA - Premier David Eby says a pipeline plan across northern B.C. by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith threatens community support and social licence that would allow other major projects along the ...