Tag Archives: Politics

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...

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 ...