Tag Archives: Politics

Former BlackBerry Ltd. chief executive Jim Balsillie has donated $10 million to form a new policy organization meant to boost Canada's prosperity and resilience. The Canadian Shield Institute gets its...

GATINEAU, Que. - The Competition Bureau has reached a deal with Empire Co. Ltd. to remove a property control that the regulator says restricted grocery store competition in Crowsnest Pass, Alta. Empir...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden used his farewell address to the nation Wednesday to deliver stark warnings of an "oligarchy" of the ultra-wealthy taking root in the country and of a "tech-indus...

TORONTO - Health Canada says a synthetic dye newly banned from the U.S. food supply does not pose a health risk to the general population in Canada. The federal agency said it won't echo a ban by the ...

OTTAWA - Mark Carney is set to unveil his Liberal leadership campaign this afternoon in Edmonton, ending nearly a decade of speculation about his political ambitions. Former finance minister Chrystia ...

U.S. softwood lumber duties and president-elect Donald Trump's threatened tariffs against Canadian exports could be "devastating" to the province's forestry sector, B.C. Forests Minister Ravi Parmar s...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is welcoming news of a ceasefire deal to pause the 15-month war in the Gaza Strip. He says he hopes the deal will "turn down the temperature" on tensions in Cana...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Education Minister Nello Altomare has died after a battle with cancer. Altomare, who was 61, worked as a school principal before being elected in 2019 to represent Winnipeg's Trans...

EDMONTON - Three Alberta disability advocacy groups say they're shocked and saddened after learning the provincial government plans to back out of their funding contracts more than a year early. "This...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government has taken another step toward fulfilling its promise to replace paper provincial health cards with plastic ones. The government has started accepting online applicat...