Tag Archives: Politics

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston said he needed a strong, fresh mandate to negotiate with the federal government on issues such as carbon pricing. And in Tuesday's election, voters gave the P...

OTTAWA - Unity among provinces and the federal government is critical in the face of the grave challenge posed by the threat of massive new import tariffs from Canada's closest trading partner, Deputy...

A Canadian non-profit that helps women obtain the abortion pill in countries with restrictions says it saw a fourfold increase in U.S. requests after the presidential election. The majority of inquiri...

HALIFAX - Tim Houston gambled that Nova Scotia voters would re-elect the Progressive Conservatives with another majority - even though he ignored his government's fixed-election-date legislation. It w...

The Nova Scotia Progressive Conservatives won a second consecutive majority government in Tuesday's election. Premier Tim Houston made a series of campaign promises related to housing, health care and...

The Progressive Conservatives have won a second consecutive majority government in Nova Scotia. Here's the latest on election night with the three main parties: the Progressive Conservatives led by Ti...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is eyeing a number of steps to challenge the proposed federal greenhouse gas emissions cap. Announcing an upcoming motion under her Albert...

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says while he supports the Liberal plan to give Canadians a GST break during the holidays, he won't back the $250 rebate proposal unless the government expands eligib...

REGINA - An Opposition emergency motion to suspend the provincial 15-cent-a-litre gas tax failed in the Saskatchewan legislature Tuesday, with Premier Scott Moe saying there are other ways to save peo...

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump threatened the United States's closest neighbours with big tariffs this week, in a move that has reminded many of the unpredictable tactics the president-elect deployed durin...