Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - Air Canada flight attendants remain on strike despite back-to-work orders by the Canada Industrial Relations Board. Over the weekend, the federal government asked the board to send the two si...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Democrats ended a two-week walkout Monday that stalled Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts as part of a national partisan brawl over President Donald Trump'...

TORONTO - The Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization says it shut down some of its systems as a precaution after identifying a cybersecurity threat on Aug. 11. It says a preliminary investigation...

TORONTO - The Air Canada component of CUPE said it resumed meetings with the airline on Monday night as the two sides look to resolve a strike by flight attendants that has grounded planes for days. "...

CAMROSE - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre secured a seat in the House of Commons late Monday with a crushing byelection win in the rural Alberta riding of Battle River-Crowfoot. He was leading wi...

EDMONTON - Alberta's government is looking to power some of its jails with solar energy. The province says it's planning to build solar installations at five of its 10 correctional facilities, with ea...

OTTAWA - An expert who has disposed of bombs in some of the world's most dangerous places says European governments pinning their security hopes on landmines are turning to an ineffective tool that wi...

Officials in Nova Scotia say a wildfire in the western part of the province has grown and could force people out of their homes, while cooler temperatures and low winds have helped firefighters in New...

OTTAWA - Ukraine and its allies held a virtual meeting Sunday as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepares for a high-stakes discussion with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., on Monday. Pr...

by Daniel Johnson John Slipp took over his father's duty-free store in 1994, which had been started more than a decade earlier. This month, he closed the Woodstock Duty Free Shop Inc. as lower traffic...