Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - The federal government may name the winner of the heated competition to supply the navy with a fleet of new submarines as soon as this year. Stephen Fuhr, secretary of state for defence procu...

QUBEC - Christine Frchette, leadership candidate for the Coalition Avenir Qubec, is promising to revive a popular fast-track immigration program that her government had recently ended. She says if she...

OTTAWA - Federal Procurement Minister Jol Lightbound is defending the government's latest $1 billion loan to Canada Post but says federal support can't be a "long-term solution" for the Crown corporat...

ATLANTA (AP) - The FBI obtained a search warrant to seize hundreds of boxes of ballots from election offices in Fulton County, Georgia, as part of a criminal investigation into possible "deficiencies ...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government heads into a legislative session this week with an $11.2 billion deficit, economic uncertainty, and plans to roll back a law on Indigenous rights - and an ex...

OTTAWA - When International Criminal Court judge Kimberly Prost goes on vacation, she needs to phone hotels in advance to explain that she can't pay for a room with a credit card - because she's been ...

OTTAWA - Conservative MP Mike Dawson says he can't "in good conscience" accept the pay raise members of Parliament are supposed to get in April because it's unfair when Canadians are struggling to kee...

CALGARY - An expansion project has been put on hold at a diamond mine in the Far North, a move the Northwest Territories government says underscores the need to reduce its economic reliance on that in...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says "significant" deficits are in store for her province as it tries to grapple with low oil prices. The government's new budget is set to be unveiled later ...

VANCOUVER - When Elizabeth Osinde arrived in Canada about two years ago as a refugee from Kenya, pregnant with her son, she remembers being able to buy a bunch of kale for $2 or $3. That same bunch is...