Tag Archives: Politics

EDMONTON - Calgary legislature member Ric McIver is the new Speaker of the Alberta legislature. McIver resigned as municipal affairs minister early Tuesday and soon after was voted into the Speaker's ...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia is lifting two long-standing moratoriums on new buyer and processor licences for seafood as it looks to grow the multibillion-dollar sector, the provincial government announced T...

PICKERING - Ontario drivers are set to benefit from the province's upcoming budget, as Premier Doug Ford is announcing today that it will make a gas tax cut permanent and remove tolls from the provinc...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday held out Saudi Arabia as a model for a reimagined Middle East, using the first major foreign trip of his term to emphasize the promise of ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney shook up his cabinet Tuesday by moving some key players involved in Canada-U.S. relations into new positions and promoting 24 new faces in a move meant to signal ch...

OTTAWA - While the recent federal election turned into a tight race between the Liberals and Conservatives that left other parties trailing far behind, a new poll suggests most Canadians don't want th...

WASHINGTON - Ottawa's top diplomat in Washington says talks to negotiate any new deals with the United States will prioritize ending U.S President Donald Trump's ruinous tariffs on Canadian exports. A...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is aiming to have an all-party committee on journalism up and running this summer, but the Opposition says there are a lot of questions. The NDP government announced...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is freezing its industrial carbon price effective immediately at $95 per tonne of emissions. Smith told reporters Monday the move is criti...

VANCOUVER - Drier, warmer weather in much of British Columbia last month has contributed to an early melt, raising concern for widespread drought this summer, the province's latest snowpack and water ...