Tag Archives: Politics

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...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Monday blocked another effort by the Trump administration to keep international students from attending Harvard University, granting a second preliminary injunctio...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Monday declared the "12 day war" between Israel and Iran as likely ending in a ceasefire, validating the strategic gamble of a devastating U.S. airstrike th...

OTTAWA - A top federal official said fixing the payroll problems caused by Phoenix cost taxpayers more than $5 billion - and they'll keep paying extra to run two public service payroll platforms at on...

WINNIPEG - A well-known cave-like tunnel that attracts boaters to eastern Manitoba has reopened thanks to some ingenuity involving a backhoe, a grappling bucket and a crew removing fallen rock from a ...

OTTAWA - The Federal Court of Appeal is refusing to allow the owners of a British Columbia ostrich farm to conduct further testing of their flock for avian flu in a bid to avert a cull ordered by the ...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says the provincewide state of emergency has been lifted as the danger from wildfires recedes. He announced Monday that while the emergency rules are no longer ne...