Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - The federal government is entering into contract negotiations with Saab to buy a fleet of surveillance aircraft for the Royal Canadian Air Force, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday. Ot...

EDMONTON - Alberta's secession movement is unlike other separatist efforts in democratic countries across the world, experts say. Those outside of Canada, including ones that led to the 2014 referendu...

VICTORIA - Relations between the British Columbia government and First Nations plunged this year as Premier David Eby grappled with how or whether to amend the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous ...

OTTAWA - Canada's biggest arms expo is booming as an uncertain geopolitical climate and the federal government's drive to rebuild the military combine to light a fire under the defence tech sector. Hu...

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump's trade czar said there will be tariffs in place on Mexico and Canada even though the countries are part of a continental trade pact. United States Trade Repre...

PLANO, Texas (AP) - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, easily defeating four-term Sen. John Cornyn in the latest contest where President Donald...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government plans to greatly reduce the number of locations where flavoured vaping products can be sold, but one group says the idea does not go far enough and lags behind effor...

OTTAWA - Former cabinet minister Steven Guilbeault is set to resign as a member of Parliament, sources have told The Canadian Press. Guilbeault is expected to inform the Liberal caucus on Wednesday. G...

OTTAWA - The government should apologize for its role in supporting the practice of forced adoptions, Liberal MP Karina Gould and Sen. Chantal Petitclerc said Tuesday. Gould told a press conference th...

MONTREAL - Quebec's lobbying commissioner is calling for a major overhaul of the province's lobbying transparency rules, warning the current system does not ensure adequate public oversight. Speaking ...