Tag Archives: Politics

MONTREAL - Quebec will have to tighten its belt for several years to comply with provincial legislation that requires a balanced budget, the province's auditor general said on Monday. In a new analysi...

OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee plans to hold hearings on Canada's security screening process following the arrest of a Canadian NATO intern on espionage allegations. The House of Commons public sa...

HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia cabinet minister is facing criticism and calls to resign for lyrics he wrote before his time in politics that are being described as misogynistic, violent and harmful. Provinci...

WASHINGTON - Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc left a high-stakes meeting in Washington on Monday saying the work will continue toward a deal to avoid a punishing new round of American tariff...

OTTAWA - The federal government is likely to face a constitutional challenge to its proposed ban on social media for kids under 16, some experts say. On Friday, France's top court struck down that cou...

TORONTO - Mike Layton is looking to reclaim his seat on Toronto city council after stepping away from municipal politics four years ago. Layton is running in the Oct. 26 municipal election for the Uni...

OTTAWA - Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer met on Sunday, days ahead of the latest tariff threat from the American president. LeBlanc and Canada's...

ST. JOHN'S - Leaders in Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador unveiled details of an ambitious new energy plan on Monday, which Prime Minister Mark Carney described as the largest clean energy investme...

MONTREAL - In a biomedicine laboratory at Polytechnique Montral, animal protein grows in a bubbling orange solution as researchers in white lab coats take samples with large syringes. Neatly-labelled ...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the federal government should give Canadians at least another 10 months of relief at the pumps. The Liberals suspended the federal fuel excise tax in...