Tag Archives: Politics

EDMONTON - Alberta's finance minister says a lack of progress in negotiations with the union representing government workers could result in a strike or lockout. The Alberta Union of Provincial Employ...

ST. JOHN'S - A federal election riding in rural Newfoundland flipped to the Conservatives on Friday, netting the party another seat in the House of Commons. After a recount process that took nearly tw...

TORONTO - Species could go extinct if Ontario passes a controversial mining bill that is set to transform its approach to endangered species and the environment, the Toronto Zoo warned the province. B...

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump's global trade war is an "illegal and abusive" use of power, said a lawyer representing small businesses who are challenging the tariffs. George Mason Universi...

CALGARY - Canada's new energy minister walked into the lion's den Friday and spoke to oil and gas executives in Calgary about Ottawa's plans to turn the country into an energy superpower. "I'm not her...

OTTAWA - Among the tour groups converging on Parliament Hill under umbrellas this week, new and newly re-elected members of Parliament are getting acquainted with their offices and colleagues ahead of...

Harvard University student Thomas Mete was picking up his brother from high school in Ridgeway, Ont., when he got the news that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration was barring the Ivy League ...

OTTAWA - Conservative Kathy Borrelli has won the Ontario riding of Windsor-Tecumseh-Lake Shore after a judicial recount confirmed her victory today by just four votes. The Liberals called for a judici...

OTTAWA - Top officials at the Canada Revenue Agency say mounting job cuts will impact how the agency is able to deliver services. Commissioner Bob Hamilton and deputy commissioner Jean-Franois Fortin ...

FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government has announced a three-person team who will lead a review of the province's debt-laden public power utility. The members are Michael Bernstein, who has worked...