Tag Archives: Politics

VANCOUVER - A judge has upheld a ban that prevents media from publishing evidence heard at a mental fitness hearing for the suspect in the Vancouver Lapu Lapu Day festival attack that killed 11 people...

EDMONTON - With a provincewide teachers strike looming, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says their union has a stark choice between heftier pay hikes and more teachers. Smith suggested they can have on...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says Manitoba has scored an economic win even though the Port of Churchill expansion isn't one of the first infrastructure projects being considered for fast-trac...

KAMLOOPS - Provincial meat inspectors in British Columbia have been classified as essential workers after ranchers and meat processors complained that an ongoing public service strike was threatening ...

EDMONTON - Some Liberal MPs are reluctant to see their government lower its greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for 2030 and 2035, as Prime Minister Mark Carney stays quiet on whether Canada is ...

OTTAWA - The newly appointed Indigenous advisory council marks the start - not the end - of talks with community leaders on how to move the government's major projects agenda forward, Indigenous Servi...

The proposed merger between Teck Resources Ltd. and Anglo American PLC to create a $70-billion mining giant based in B.C. is a "vote of confidence" showing the province is a global hub for mining, Pre...

MONTREAL - The federal government wants construction on a planned high-speed rail line between Toronto and Quebec City to begin within four years. On Thursday, Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBla...

CALGARY - Alberta's premier says she sees promising signs in the first batch of projects announced under Ottawa's new fast-tracked approval process, but environmentalists warn the inclusion of liquefi...

HALIFAX - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa is prepared to work with Nova Scotia to ramp up its ambitious plans for Canada's first offshore wind farms. The prime minister made the announcement Th...