Tag Archives: Politics

Tight races between Republicans and Democrats continue to heat up ahead of the U.S. midterm elections next Tuesday, with control of Congress up for grabs. The stakes are sky-high for both parties. For...

TORONTO - Ontario's fiscal outlook has worsened due to global uncertainty and trade disruptions, leading to a larger deficit this year and a delayed path to balance, the finance minister said Thursday...

EDMONTON - The family of a soldier burned in the deadly fire at a military base in Alberta says he faces a "long road to recovery." A statement says Trevor Flegel from Kitimat, B.C., remains in an int...

ST. JOHN'S - Comedian Mary Walsh led a demonstration Wednesday against the Newfoundland and Labrador government's treatment of homeless people. Speaking to a crowd of a few dozen people, Walsh said th...

EDMONTON - The Alberta government is proposing new rules to give consumers more protection when buying vehicles, tickets, electronics and more. Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally introduced a bill We...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government voted to keep the B.C. coastal oil tanker ban in place Wednesday, defeating a Conservative bill that would have repealed it. MPs voted along party lines during second r...

Former senator Pamela Wallin criticized the co-chair of a special joint committee on MAID while testifying at an inquiry into a leaked confidential report, calling him "dismissive" and describing the ...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's snap election on Saturday was held a day after a dozen legislators crossed the threshold for a pension, including four NDP MLAs who lost their ridings or did not run. The...

OTTAWA - The head of the major projects office says Ottawa will need new ways to cut emissions to meet its climate goals because the proposed Pacific Link oil pipeline will emit more than the Pathways...

OTTAWA - Brampton-based defence manufacturer Roshel has donated to the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa one of its mine-resistant armoured transport vehicles - the same kind being used by Ukraine in the ...