Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - Canada's new fentanyl czar, it turns out, isn't a czar at all. The federal government named Kevin Brosseau to the position earlier this week but made it official in an order-in-council publis...

NEW YORK (AP) - Workers across the country responded with anger and confusion Friday as they grappled with the Trump administration 's aggressive effort to shrink the size of the federal workforce by ...

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...

EDMONTON - Alberta Health Minister Adriana LaGrange is facing a renewed call to step down over allegations of high-level corruption in health contracts -- but this time the call is coming from one of ...

EDMONTON - Alberta's health ministry says two proposed private surgery clinics at the centre of allegations of high-level government corruption remain in limbo. "At this time, no agreements have been ...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pushing back on U.S. President Donald Trump's suggestion that Russia be allowed back into the G7 - an idea the Liberals haven't commented on, despite t...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says the province's lowest-paid workers are getting a wage boost to keep pace with inflation. The Ministry of Labour says the minimum wage will increase from...

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he doesn't think he'll have to chose between voting on tariff relief or bringing down the government because he expects a snap election call if Mark Carney wins ...

MONTREAL - Quebec teachers should be evaluated every two years, according to new recommendations that stem from a controversy at a Montreal elementary school in which teachers allegedly used physical ...

TORONTO - The candidate nominated by the Ontario NDP for Toronto riding Eglinton-Lawrence has pulled out of the election and is throwing her support behind the Liberals in a likely tight race. Natasha...