Tag Archives: Politics

VANCOUVER - Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim accused city Coun. Sean Orr of "handing out illegal drugs on Christmas Day" in a briefing for Chinese-speaking reporters earlier this month, in a false assertion th...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals' Budget Implementation Act has passed a confidence vote in the House of Commons. Bill C-15 carried on division, meaning there was no recorded vote in Parliament. The legi...

TERREBONNE - The Bloc Qubcois' Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagn will once again face off against Liberal Tatiana Auguste in the Montreal-area riding of Terrebonne after the Supreme Court of Canada recently i...

VANCOUVER - Months before the international spotlight lands on Vancouver as one of the host cities for the soccer World Cup, Jason Grund says he is already hearing concerns from people living in the D...

OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty announced $1.55 billion in federal funding Thursday to support Jordan's Principle, a legal principle that states First Nations children must have...

TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford took issue Thursday with a City of Toronto report that concluded it would take upwards of 13 years and cost $52 million to build speed bumps and other traffic calmi...

OTTAWA - Chief Justice Richard Wagner called on Canadian lawyers and judges to step up their efforts to defend the independence of the country's courts on Thursday, noting while Canadians maintain a s...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba's NDP government is expected to release its latest budget on March 24 amid concerns surrounding health care and affordability. The province continues to wrestle with long wait time...

HALIFAX - A Nova Scotian book publisher says the provincial government's cuts to the arts and culture sector are "soul-crushing" when sales have already been decimated by uncertainty in the U.S. marke...

WSP Global Inc.'s top executive says the company is reaping the benefits from increased spending from governments around the world on large-scale infrastructure projects. Alexandre L'Heureux, presiden...