Tag Archives: Politics

BELLA BELLA, B.C. - Online voting has begun in what the Heiltsuk Nation calls a historic referendum on a written constitution for the First Nation on British Columbia's central coast. A statement from...

EDMONTON - Chelsae Petrovic is cancelling coffee engagements with her constituents after getting an earful about the province's decision to lift its coal mining moratorium. The United Conservative gov...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's official languages commissioner says her office has received dozens of complaints from people who could not receive service in French on the province's eVisitNB health pl...

MONTREAL - Federal Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says Ottawa and the provinces should discuss the possibility of an oil pipeline to Eastern Canada to improve energy security and diversify trade. ...

JASPER, ALTA. - The Alberta government is stepping in with funding for Jasper after last summer's devastating fires cratered the mountain town's property tax revenues. Alberta is providing $8 million ...

OTTAWA - RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme says a federal move to list organized crime cartels as terrorist entities to fight fentanyl trafficking would give the Mounties more tools to pursue charges and ...

OTTAWA - Canadian politicians are pushing back on the idea of clearing Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip as an Israeli minister suggests some of them could be sent to Canada. "We support Palestinians...

QUBEC - The Quebec government wants to enshrine into law that hockey is the province's "national" sport. Culture Minister Mathieu Lacombe's bill, tabled today, also names the first Saturday in Februar...

OTTAWA - The federal government has ended its boycott on buying advertisements on Meta platforms, including Facebook and Instagram. The Privy Council Office confirmed the government's decision, first ...

HALIFAX - The Canadian and American national women's hockey teams aren't worried about the current political climate overshadowing Game 4 of the Rivalry Series. Players and coaches from both sides of ...