Tag Archives: Politics

NEW YORK - Canada's efforts to diversify trade ties and wean itself off the U.S. market will make it a better ally to the United States, Prime Minister Mark Carney told an audience of business profess...

QUBEC - Quebec legislature members are coming together to denounce the prime minister's comment suggesting that a simple majority isn't enough for a province to separate from Canada. Prime Minister Ma...

EDMONTON - A standoff between Premier Danielle Smith and her own United Conservative Party on the issue of separation is over - and the premier has won. Premier Smith and party president Rob Smith had...

OTTAWA - The federal government will amend its controversial lawful access bill to address concerns about encryption and metadata, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said Wednesday. "The encry...

HALIFAX - A union representing striking long-term care workers in Nova Scotia says talks with the government have broken down and there are no other dates scheduled. CUPE accused the government on Wed...

VANCOUVER - Rumours have spread on social media that homeless people from Vancouver were being bused out of town in an attempt to "clean up" ahead of the FIFA World Cup that begins next month. But Van...

OTTAWA - Canada's Olympic and Paralympic athletes were honoured in Ottawa Wednesday. Dozens of athletes from the Milano Cortina Games in Italy spent the day touring the capital, first with Gov. Gen. M...

TORONTO - Ontario's solicitor general is defending the new powers he is giving himself to direct police boards to follow provincial priorities. Michael Kerzner said the new powers in the province's re...

FREDERICTON - Early talks on an Indigenous-led public inquiry into systemic racism are underway between the New Brunswick government and First Nations, after widespread calls for justice system reform...

OTTAWA - Staunch environmentalist and former Liberal environment minister Steven Guilbeault confirmed Wednesday he will step down as a member of Parliament this summer. Guilbeault has become increasin...