Tag Archives: Politics

TORONTO - A running list of election promises announced by the Ontario Progressive Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Greens in the province's snap election campaign. The vote is set for Feb. 27. Progre...

OTTAWA - The federal government is increasing the number of refugees it plans to resettle as a result of Sudan's civil war, with changes that could see 7,000 more people reach Canada through various p...

British Columbia is launching a task force focused on growing the agriculture and food processing industries after years of struggle due to climate, labour concerns and now the threat of tariffs from ...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he would incentivize First Nations to support natural-resource projects through industry taxes and revisiting how much sway Indigenous Peoples and en...

VICTORIA - The House Leader of the Opposition B.C. Conservatives has described the "unsurmountable" price paid by her family in the province's toxic drug crisis, which she said had claimed the lives o...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's Indigenous relations minister is condemning "racist vandalism" of a Treaty 8 Tribal Association office in Fort St. John last weekend. Christine Boyle says it is important...

NEW YORK (AP) - Gov. Kathy Hochul won't immediately remove New York City Mayor Eric Adams from office, but will instead push for increased oversight of City Hall as he faces intense scrutiny over his ...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston made a surprise appearance on Ontario's election campaign trail Thursday, where he said his province will table legislation to reduce interprovincial trade ba...

OTTAWA - Seven transnational criminal organizations are being listed as terrorist entities under the Criminal Code to fight fentanyl trafficking, the federal government announced Thursday. The move is...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell announced on Thursday that he won't seek reelection next year, ending a decadeslong tenure as a power broker who championed conservative causes but ul...