Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - The City of Ottawa has converted unused office space in a downtown building into transitional housing for 140 asylum seekers - just blocks from Parliament Hill. Mayor Mark Sutcliffe says it's...

VICTORIA - The B.C. Green Party says a 24-year-old advocate for climate justice and Indigenous solidarity has joined the party's leadership contest. Emily Lowan is the second person to announce their ...

ST. JOHN'S - Former Newfoundland and Labrador premier Andrew Furey has stepped down from his seat in the legislature. Furey announced his decision on social media, thanking the people he represented i...

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans propelled President Donald Trump's $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bill to final congressional passage Thursday, overcoming multiple setbacks to approve ...

CALGARY - The first political pancakes were flipped Thursday as party leaders from around Canada gather for the Calgary Stampede -- a can't-miss event for politicos trying to shore up support for elec...

OTTAWA - The head of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association says he's "cautiously optimistic" the federal government will repeal its electric vehicle sales mandate. Brian Kingston was among s...

OTTAWA - The C.D. Howe Institute predicts Ottawa's recently announced spending plans - which include a much bigger defence budget - will drive its deficits markedly higher in the coming years. In a ne...

OTTAWA - Canadian advocates are urging Ottawa to protect the 1997 treaty Canada brokered to stop the use of landmines, as six countries on Europe's eastern flank move toward using the explosive weapon...

OTTAWA - A new law meant to protect supply management might not be enough to shield the system in trade talks with a Trump administration bent on eliminating it, trade experts say. "It's certainly mor...

ST. JOHN'S - Despite a lagging market for green hydrogen, the Newfoundland and Labrador government says it still plans to collect royalties from the province's nascent renewable energy industry. Steve...