Tag Archives: Politics

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Democratic-backed candidate Chris Taylor won election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday, growing the liberal majority on the court as cases affecting congressional redistr...

VICTORIA - A former provincial cabinet minister is being promoted to the role of chief commissioner of the British Columbia Treaty Commission, the independent body responsible for facilitating negotia...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Opposition leader Obby Khan was castigated Tuesday by legislature Speaker Tom Lindsey for remarks made toward a non-binary cabinet minister that Lindsey described as hateful and de...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is stepping into local politics over its housing policies, forcing the District of West Vancouver to approve a plan that would allow for more homes to be bui...

Recent court rulings involving Aboriginal title have raised interest in a new committee that is exploring how public lands in Squamish, B.C., can be returned or co-managed with the Squamish First Nati...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew has told the legislature his government might cut the provincial fuel tax, but it's not clear how seriously he is considering it. Kinew recently said his temporar...

TORONTO - First Quantum Minerals Ltd. says the government of Panama has approved the removal, processing and export of stockpiled ore at the Cobre Panam copper mine. The company says the move does not...

The federal government says the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal wrongfully awarded compensation to both complainants and witnesses who claimed discrimination by the RCMP in an investigation of historic...

The federal government is spending $412.9 million over five years to renew the Pacific Salmon Strategy in a plan to protect and rebuild wild populations. Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson made the an...

OTTAWA - Almost 38,000 people voted in the advance polls in three byelections that could give Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberals a majority government, with the highest advance turnout in Terrebonn...