Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - Canada's former top soldier says the country's "persistent myth" about being a nation of peacekeepers hasn't kept up with a changing world and it "needs to fade away." In a new memoir, retire...

SASKATOON - Saskatchewan's premier says his government is moving forward with a plan that could see the first of two large nuclear reactors up and running in 16 years. Scott Moe announced Tuesday they...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's auditor general says the provincial government can't provide evidence showing whether its collaborative-care clinics are providing access to primary care where it is need...

EDMONTON - Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre tried Tuesday to convince Albertans to vote to stay in Canada with less than three weeks to go until a provincial vote on separation. His speech...

MONTREAL - When Derek Heatherington, a retired college professor living in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec, heard that the provincial elections agency was sending out unilingual French informat...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Security Intelligence Service may not have complied with the law when using special powers to gather information, a review by the national spy watchdog has found. The CSIS Act al...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Education Department spends hundreds of thousands of dollars every year on student assessments, but it's not using the results to improve their lacklustre performance in writin...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says that with Canada's immigration system back under control, the question now is when to begin a "controlled increase" of the country's population. "Now the quest...

CALGARY - Alberta business leaders have signed on to an open letter from the Calgary Chamber of Commerce warning of the dire economic consequences if the province were to separate from Canada. "We mus...

TORONTO - More than 50 countries signed a pledge Tuesday at a conference in Toronto to boost their efforts to return Ukrainians from Russian captivity - including an estimated 20,000 children. "We hav...