Tag Archives: Politics

Here is the latest on wildfires in northern Ontario as communities evacuate and much of the province is blanketed in thick and dangerous smoke. All times Eastern. --- 3:45 p.m. The chief of Whitesand ...

TSAWWASSEN - The federal government has referred a plan to vastly expand the Port of Vancouver to Canada's Major Projects Office for possible fast-tracking, boosting a project that environmentalists h...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says close to 800,000 people have applied for her government's $100 energy rebate. Smith told reporters Thursday she thinks the uptake so far is higher than i...

PEMBERTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - Pemberton Mayor Mike Richman says Wednesday evening was a long night for residents who watched from their homes as firefighters battled a blaze that grew quickly ...

LONDON - The federal government intends to spend nearly $2 billion over the next four years on made-in Canada armoured vehicles, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday. The planned addition of 190 a...

OTTAWA - As Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson pitched First Nations chiefs in Ottawa on Thursday on the federal government's major projects push, chiefs in Ontario and Quebec were scrambling to s...

TORONTO - Canada's Drug Agency has recommended that public drug plans pay for a treatment shown to slow the progression of early-stage Alzheimer's disease if patients meet certain conditions. The deci...

TORONTO - Ontario's colleges and universities ministry has disqualified students at five private career colleges from receiving student assistance loans this coming year, after raising concerns with s...

OTTAWA - An internal government audit of Canadian diplomatic missions in the U.S. completed late last year found staff faced safety risks and problems with accessing health care - more than a year aft...

CHARLOTTETOWN - The leader of Prince Edward Island's Liberals has stepped down after another unsuccessful bid to win a seat in the legislature. Robert Mitchell placed second behind the Green Party's T...