Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - The Liberals are planning to choose a candidate July 18 for an upcoming byelection in a Toronto-area riding that's considered a safe bet for the governing party. Longtime MP Nate Erskine-Smit...

OTTAWA - Ottawa's reaction to a new Chinese law on ethnic unity is tepid and does not live up to Canada's promise to stop foreign governments from threatening diaspora abroad, a Uyghur rights activist...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia will spend another two years studying options for rebuilding or replacing one of the Halifax harbour bridges, but critics say the project has been examined enough and the cash-st...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Many Jewish adults feel unsafe in the United States, a new AP-NORC poll finds, with a majority saying they feel less safe than they did before Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel. T...

VICTORIA - Ministers in British Columbia have approved plans to increase the height of the tailings storage facility at the Mount Polley copper and gold mine, the site of a catastrophic dam collapse m...

EDMONTON - A phoney Elections Alberta website has drawn the ire of the real agency, which claims the fake appears to exploit concerns about a recent data leak. A news release from the agency says the ...

MONTRAL - Quebec trucking industry actors are praising the provincial government's decision to tighten rules for Ontario truck drivers in an effort to curb dangerous driving. As of Thursday, truck dri...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's premier says the province has the infrastructure and people needed to meet the expected demands of hosting a new submarine fleet, but critics say more should be done to address...

OTTAWA - Former B.C. Conservative leadership candidate Caroline Elliott is pushing back at Pierre Poilievre's recent jab about her campaign team, calling on the federal Conservative leader to work to ...

OTTAWA - Eddie Goldenberg, who served as chief of staff to former prime minister Jean Chrtien, has died at the age of 77. A statement from Global Public Affairs CEO Randy Pettipas, where Goldenberg wo...