Tag Archives: Politics

HALIFAX - A move by Nova Scotia's government to allow the auditor general to be fired without cause is being described by a legal expert and the current auditor as a threat to the agency's watchdog ro...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ukraine must have a seat at the table in any peace talks, as Washington and Moscow discuss ways to end the war. Trudeau says Canada and most of its allies i...

MONTREAL - The federal government is moving ahead with the next phase of a high-speed rail network between Quebec City and Toronto, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday. The planned rail ...

Marineland is set to sever its sprawling property so it can take out mortgages in order to fund park operations and eventually move its animals, including more than two dozen beluga whales, the touris...

TORONTO - Advance polls open Thursday in Ontario's election - one week before general voting day - and only the Green Party has released a full platform, while Progressive Conservative Leader Doug For...

TORONTO - The next Ontario government should take the lead in encouraging urgent expansion of interprovincial electricity transmission while ensuring it advances a transition to a clean economy, a new...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - In a Feb. 18 story about the race for Wisconsin education secretary, The Associated Press reported that Brittany Kinser is an advocate for private schools. The story should have m...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is falsely claiming that tens of millions of dead people over 100 years old are receiving Social Security payments. Over the past few days, President Donald ...

Officials in Yukon say they believe about 19 million litres of cyanide-contaminated water leaked from a containment pond at the site of a mining disaster last year before the problem was spotted and t...

WINNIPEG - A byelection has been called to fill a legislature seat left vacant after the death of Manitoba's former education minister. Voters in the east Winnipeg riding of Transcona will head to the...