Tag Archives: Politics

VICTORIA - There is less than a year to go before Vancouver is on the global stage hosting seven FIFA World Cup soccer games, and leaders are promoting the economic benefits of spending hundreds of mi...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Meat Council is warning that the Liberal government's legislation to ease the movement of goods and services within Canada could actually undermine red meat exports. Lauren Marti...

An independent review of the treatment of victims of sexual and intimate partner violence in the British Columbia legal system calls on the government to declare gender-based violence an epidemic. The...

TORONTO - Ontario has not made any decisions on a temporary science centre while a new one is being built at Ontario Place, the infrastructure minister said Tuesday, despite previously indicating one ...

FREDERICTON - On a visit to New Brunswick, the governor of Maine issued renewed pleas for Canadian tourists to return to the United States, despite their apparent anger over the political climate. Jan...

EDMONTON - Alberta's auditor general has been granted his request for nearly $1 million in extra funding to continue digging into allegations of corruption in private health-care contracts. Auditor ge...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve will continue to wait and see how the economy evolves before deciding whether to reduce its key interest rate, Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday, a stance directly...

LORNEVILLE - A spruce tree in Saint John, N.B., likely dating back to around the time of famed French explorer Samuel de Champlain, is part of a forested area at risk of being paved over to make room ...

VICTORIA - British Columbia Conservative Leader John Rustad says party staff who alleged they were being blackmailed do not want to provide a written statement to police who are assessing their claim....

OTTAWA - A peer review of fossil fuel subsidies between Canada and Argentina - already years behind schedule - stalled after Argentina ceased communication following its 2023 election and change in go...