Tag Archives: Politics

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 ...

ST. JOHN'S - The Newfoundland and Labrador government says it wants to make sure Labradorians benefit from the province's proposed multibillion-dollar energy deal with Quebec. The province has appoint...

MONTREAL - The mayor of Montreal and the city's police chief have unveiled a plan that they say will restore public trust in law enforcement after a series of controversies and allegations of miscondu...

WASHINGTON - Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc says there is still "more work to do" to seal a trade deal with the United States just hours ahead of President Donald Trump's midnight tariff d...

OTTAWA - New tough-on-crime laws and statistics showing falling crime rates aren't likely to change how Canadians currently feel about crime or whether it's used as a political wedge between parties, ...

OTTAWA - Victims of state prosecution hope Canada's new national monument for LGBTQ+ people will be a place to learn, grieve and celebrate. The monument was officially unveiled Thursday in Ottawa, jus...

PORT HOPE - When the Ontario government announced plans earlier this year to build what could become one of the world's largest nuclear power plants in a picturesque community of roughly 18,000 people...