Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - Even when Mark Carney was still in high school, his friends bugged him about whether he would become prime minister one day. His answer was one fit for a future politician: to never confirm n...

TORONTO - Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Canada-U.S. trade The ongoing uncertainty on the trade front is expected to carry on. Canada and Mexico won a repr...

OTTAWA - Federal Liberals elected Mark Carney to lead their party into the next election in a resounding first-ballot victory on Sunday, putting him on track to soon become the next prime minister of ...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba's premier says he has spoken with the family of an Indigenous woman murdered by a serial killer, and he hopes the confirmation that her remains have been found during a search at a...

Uncertainty and the threat of looming tariffs against Canada by U.S. President Donald Trump is putting Canadian jobs at risk, and the federal government should shelve its Temporary Foreign Worker prog...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government signed an initial deal with Irving Shipbuilding for the Royal Canadian Navy's new River-class destroyers. The implementation contract is worth $8 billion for th...

MONTREAL - Protesters flooded several blocks in downtown Montreal on Saturday, chanting "shame on you" on the doorstep of the United States Consulate. It was one of more than a dozen demonstrations he...

OTTAWA - Ottawa has unveiled two major domestic shipbuilding contracts for new polar icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard to use in the Arctic. The federal government says it is awarding Davie Shi...

When COVID-19 hit, millions of Canadians were either told to work remotely or temporarily laid off as governments ordered lockdowns to protect public health. Not Arlick Leslie. While others were setti...

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests few Canadians are open to President Donald Trump's repeated pitches for Canada to become a U.S. state, though interest in it rises among Conservative supporters and those ...