Tag Archives: Politics

WINNIPEG - Three candidates are vying for a seat in Manitoba's legislature in the upcoming byelection in the Spruce Woods constituency. Elections Manitoba says Ray Berthelette is running for the gover...

TORONTO - Barrick Mining Corp. took a US$1.04-billion charge in its second quarter related to its loss of control of a gold mine in Mali, but still reported a rise in profit thanks to higher gold pric...

OTTAWA - A panel of three Ontario Court of Appeal judges unanimously affirmed the constitutionality of Canada's first-past-the-post electoral system in a ruling released on Monday. The system, laid ou...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday as world leaders sought to co-ordinate their response to a U.S.-Russia war summit that will not include...

OTTAWA - More than half of Canadians think the size and cost of the federal public service should be reduced in the coming years, a new Leger poll suggests. The poll indicates that 54 per cent of resp...

The Parti Qubcois sailed to a third-straight Quebec byelection win on Monday, cementing the sovereigntist party's momentum ahead of the 2026 provincial election and dealing a crushing blow to Premier ...

REGINA - The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has ruled a challenge of the province's school pronoun law can continue. In the decision released Monday, the court granted, in part, the government's appeal ...

TORONTO - Ontario's final tally for housing starts in 2024 is well off what's needed to achieve Premier Doug Ford's goal of getting 1.5 million homes built, even with various new categories the govern...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's popularity may be cooling off in the summer but remains broadly positive, a new poll from Abacus Data suggests. The Carney-led Liberal government's approval ratin...

At first it appears to be a quirky video clip generated by artificial intelligence to make people laugh. In it, a hairy Bigfoot wearing a cowboy hat and a vest emblazoned with the American flag sits b...