Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - The federal government posted a deficit of $370 million for the April-to-June period of its 2026-27 fiscal year. In its monthly fiscal monitor report, the Finance Department says the result c...

The collapse of talks with the United States has added urgency to reducing trade barriers within Canada, but experts say it's not a simple fix. Efforts to boost interprovincial trade have ramped up re...

Charles Rousseau says he's always believed in Quebec independence but it won't be his top priority at the ballot box come Oct. 5, when the province chooses its next government. In an interview outside...

A federal judge on Thursday halted - at least for now - attempts to implement President Donald Trump's executive order limiting mail voting. The move stalled the directive for a second time only about...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is making it mandatory for students in grades 11 and 12 to take in-person gym class. A pilot program is to start this fall that would see schools implement the chang...

If Canada ever wants to allow entertainment and sports prediction market trading, the country's securities regulators are signalling someone else should police it. The Canadian Securities Administrato...

Bruce Banman, who gave the B.C. Conservatives official party status in the British Columbia legislature when he crossed the floor to join colleague John Rustad in 2023, has joined the rush out of the ...

Air traffic controllers in Washington and the pilots of President Donald Trump's helicopter met to discuss communication issues one week before a jet was allowed to take off just as Marine One left th...

Elections BC has granted in-principle approval for a petition to proceed seeking the repeal of British Columbia's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. The petition proponent is Harman ...

CALGARY - Alberta's finances are swinging back into the black after war in the Middle East sent global energy prices surging. The province's latest fiscal update predicts a $2-billion surplus - a huge...