Tag Archives: Politics

EDMONTON - Those found guilty of neglecting or abusing animals in Alberta could soon face much stiffer penalties. A bill tabled by Agriculture Minister R.J. Sigurdson would, if passed, increase the ma...

HALIFAX - The federal government says it will not approve a controversial proposal to infill part of Halifax Harbour in order to facilitate a private development project. Minister of Fisheries and Oce...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Monday that it is important to closely monitor inflation amid a spike in energy prices from the Iran war. Powell, who spoke before near...

Community organizations in Montreal are coming to the defence of a French Palestinian politician who they say was denied entry into Canada because of her political views. Rima Hassan, a member of the ...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has approved a landmark First Nations child welfare deal between the federal government and First Nations in Ontario, partially ending a decades-long discri...

VICTORIA - B.C. Conservative leadership candidate Yuri Fulmer and breakaway MLA Dallas Brodie have announced a "unite the right accord" to avoid vote-splitting if Fulmer becomes Opposition leader. "Br...

FREDERICTON - Politically motivated decisions over the last decade-and-a-half have added more than $1 billion to the roughly $6-billion debt of New Brunswick's public power utility, a new independent ...

REGINA - Saskatchewan's government has cancelled funding to a Saskatoon-based harm reduction organization that's facing financial turmoil and a temporary shutdown of its supervised drug consumption si...

TORONTO - A book that examines how historical knowledge can help make sense of the world around us has won the $50,000 Lionel Gelber Prize. Johns Hopkins global affairs professor Francis J. Gavin will...

REGINA - Premier Scott Moe says his government is planning to ask Saskatchewan residents their view on banning social media for children under 16. "Prime Minister (Mark Carney) ... had indicated it's ...