Tag Archives: Politics

WINNIPEG - The leader of Manitoba's Opposition not only quit the top job Monday, he quit the entire Progressive Conservative caucus, leaving it in disarray on the eve of a new sitting. Obby Khan fough...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba politicians return to the house Tuesday for a sitting that is expected to focus on affordability, but will begin with questions surrounding the Opposition Progressive Conservatives...

CALGARY - Alberta's government says it will launch this fall a formal request for private companies to submit a proposal for a high-speed rail system that would connect Edmonton, Red Deer and Calgary....

OTTAWA - LGBTQ+ advocates were in Ottawa on Monday asking the federal government to call an inquiry into provincial laws they say have escalated harassment, bullying and mental health harms for transg...

OTTAWA - RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme says in a recent letter that information about firearms used in the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., will stay under wraps for now because it's still part o...

CALGARY - Ontario Premier Doug Ford, with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith at his side, told a Calgary audience Monday that Albertans need to stay in the Confederation fold. "I'm going to keep this real...

OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty was noncommittal Monday when asked about criminalizing residential school denialism after a group linked to white nationalism reportedly staged a...

EDMONTON - Elections Alberta said Monday it has received 11 times more requests for mail-in ballots and has hired thousands more workers for the upcoming vote on separation than it did in the last pro...

CHARLOTTETOWN - The health authority in P.E.I. says someone has gained unauthorized access to a file containing personal information belonging to as many as 234,000 people. Health PEI says in a statem...

OTTAWA - Health ministers from across the country are set to meet Tuesday to warn they're headed toward a "fiscal cliff" if federal funding agreements for things like home care and mental health are n...