Tag Archives: Politics

REGINA - The Saskatchewan government has introduced legislation that would apply the provincial sales tax of six per cent to vaping products. Finance Minister Jim Reiter says the tax aims to discourag...

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance said that he's joining his wife on a Friday trip to Greenland, suggesting in an online video that global security is at stake. "We're going to check out ...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's education minister said Tuesday he will make it clear to schools on the province's South Shore that they are expected to resume flying flags representing diverse communities. B...

CHARLOTTETOWN - Prince Edward Island's Progressive Conservative government delivered a throne speech Tuesday focused on the economic uncertainty, rising costs and trade instability caused by U.S. tari...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is defending her plan to fly to Florida to appear at an event alongside a far-right U.S. influencer who calls Canada "a silly country," saying it is her duty ...

TORONTO - Ontario's new law on supervised consumption sites does not ban them entirely and those deemed too close to schools and daycares are free to relocate farther away, government lawyers argued T...

OTTAWA - Beijing's ambassador to Canada says China is interested in stepping up trade with Ottawa, arguing the U.S. is pursuing a trade war that will hurt the global economy as it struggles to fully r...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday downplayed the texting of sensitive plans for a military strike against Yemen's Houthis this month to a group chat that included a journalist, sayin...

MONTREAL - A Quebec man has been found in contempt of court for refusing to remove swastikas from outside his home in a municipality that he accuses of being the most racist in the world. Quebec Super...

NEW YORK (AP) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was rocked by five high-level departures on Tuesday in the latest turmoil for the nation's top public health agency. The departures were ...