Tag Archives: Politics

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt has ordered the province's public sector to stop buying American products when Canadian substitutes are available, saying the move is in response to the ...

HALIFAX - The case against a man accused of threatening to bomb the U.S. consulate in Halifax has been delayed until next month. Ali Assakereh was scheduled to enter a plea and select a trial format t...

WINNIPEG - The federal government is dispatching 80,000 HIV self-test kits across Canada to expand access to HIV prevention. "HIV is a manageable condition, and people living with HIV deserve to live ...

TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford made several changes to his cabinet Thursday, including adding an artificial intelligence portfolio and moving embattled minister David Piccini from labour to infra...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri is poised to hold its November election with congressional districts passed after the last census, after the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday again rejected a new map...

MONTREAL - The leader of the Coalition Avenir Qubec, Christine Frchette, is declining to say whether she supports Quebec independence while on the provincial election campaign trail. "My personal posi...

CALGARY - Canada will work with Ukraine to produce millions of drones for the Canadian military, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday in Calgary after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Ze...

OTTAWA - Before the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Steven Backman could usually cross the Canada-U.S. border with a simple wave. Backman, like many residents of St. Stephen, N.B., would travel frequently to ...

HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia woman says she is not giving up a fight launched by her son for enhanced government support for unhoused people. Jackie Lowe's son, Bradley Lowe, died in 2023, years before he ...

BANFF - As U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war intensifies and Alberta barrels toward a separation referendum on Oct. 19, Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet gathered for two days of closed-door ...