Tag Archives: Politics

WASHINGTON (AP) - Military commanders will be told to identify troops in their units who are transgender or have gender dysphoria, then send them to get medical checks in order to force them out of th...

EDMONTON - The spring sitting of Alberta's legislature began under the cloud of a health-care contract corruption scandal and ended with a firestorm of renewed separatist angst. The sitting, which wra...

TORONTO - Four U.S. academics say a "dangerous" precedent could be set for rap music if Drake wins his defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group. New documents filed in a New York court ask the...

TORONTO - Ontario plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars boosting the province's alcohol sector, including programs to support grape farmers, wineries, distilleries and craft breweries. The pr...

TORONTO - The Ontario government tabled a budget Thursday that focused on investments it says will protect Ontario workers in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs. The province is project...

The Regional District of Central Kootenay in British Columbia says it will ask the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to conduct further testing for avian flu on a flock of ostriches facing a cull, befor...

HALIFAX - The minister responsible for Nova Scotia's rental property rules says her department won't crack down on instances of abuse involving fixed-term rent leases because it doesn't want to affect...

ST. JOHN - The police force in Saint John, N.B., said Thursday that it has charged one of its officers with assault. In a news release offering few details, the Saint John Police Force said a public c...

EDMONTON - Alberta's bill lowering the bar for a separation referendum has spurred a First Nation to push ahead with a legal challenge against the premier's flagship sovereignty act. Danielle Smith ha...

OTTAWA - The federal election result in Nunavut still has not been validated by Elections Canada, because one final ballot box has been delayed by a blizzard. NDP incumbent Lori Idlout won the unoffic...