Tag Archives: Politics

TORONTO - As we enter 2025, Dr. Theresa Tam has her eye on H5N1 bird flu, an emerging virus that had its first human case in Canada this year. At the same time, Canada's chief public health officer is...

OTTAWA - U.S. president-elect Donald Trump says he told Canadian hockey legend Wayne Gretzky during a Christmas Day visit that he should run for prime minister of Canada. "I just left Wayne Gretzky, '...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is eager to show that her government can finally put the pieces of a dismantled provincial health-care system back together again in the new year. In a recent...

MONTREAL - Canada's largest union is denouncing a statement by Quebec's labour minister, who suggested he might try to bring in legislation to give the province more power to end labour disputes. The ...

TORONTO - Canada's premiers are calling on the federal government to extend the deadline for claiming charitable donations on tax returns through to the end of February. Ontario Premier Doug Ford made...

OTTAWA - Immigration measures announced as part of Canada's border response to president-elect Donald Trump's 25 per cent tariff threat are starting to be implemented, beginning with a ban on what's k...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is set to receive $337 million more in equalization payments from the federal government in the next fiscal year. The total of more than $4.6 billion is a 7.7 per ce...

HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong police on Tuesday announced a fresh round of arrest warrants for six activists based overseas, with bounties set at $1 million Hong Kong dollars for information leading to t...

OTTAWA - Canada appears to be barrelling toward a spring election now that the NDP is vowing to vote down the government early next year - whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stays on or not. Politi...

OTTAWA - U.S. president-elect Donald Trump and those in his corner continue to muse about annexing Canada, though Canadian officials have largely sidestepped those comments. In a post on the social me...