Tag Archives: Politics

NEW YORK (AP) - Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in prison for accepting bribes of gold and cash and acting as an agent of Egypt -- crimes his own lawyer said earned h...

OTTAWA - The federal New Democrats are urging the Liberal government to move quickly to complete expansion of the dental care program and start signing deals with the provinces and territories to begi...

CALGARY - The City of Calgary is moving forward with a multi-billion-dollar transit project that was the centre of a months-long battle with the Alberta government. Council hit pause on the $6.5-billi...

FREDERICTON - The Canadian Civil Liberties Association says it has dropped its legal challenge against the New Brunswick government because the province reversed a "harmful" policy on transgender stud...

OTTAWA - The federal government is overhauling the way it reimburses provinces and territories after natural disasters, with a new focus on funding rebuilding efforts that try to prevent the same leve...

TORONTO - The vast majority of Canadian business leaders want a targeted, dollar-for-dollar retaliatory response if the United States delivers on its tariff threats this week, a new KPMG in Canada sur...

Here's where the leaders of Ontario's main political parties are on Wednesday, Jan. 29: Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford Windsor: After kicking off his campaign at 10 a.m., Ford is set to lat...

OTTAWA - Bureaucrats working for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had diplomats push Denmark to speed up the appointment of former cabinet minister Carolyn Bennett as ambassador to that country - a chang...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced a new Crown corporation Wednesday to oversee the province's rainy day fund. The Heritage Fund Opportunities Corp. is to direct policy for the Heritage Fund, wh...

WINNIPEG - First Nations leaders are to choose a new head for the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs after the sudden death of Cathy Merrick last year. The advocacy group representing 63 communities is hosti...