Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - The mother of the shooter in the Tumbler Ridge, B.C., killings once posted a photo on Facebook of several long guns in a cabinet with the caption, "Think it's time to take them out for some t...

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she has not signed a petition currently gathering signatures for a referendum to pull the province out of Confederation. Smith said at an unrelated announ...

CALGARY - Alberta's government is spending $143 million to dispatch about 1,400 extra teachers and educational assistants to support students in strained elementary school classrooms across the provin...

VICTORIA - There was no red carpet, no band or the usual 15-gun salute for British Columbia Lt.-Gov. Wendy Cocchia when she entered the legislature Thursday to read the speech from the throne. Instead...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Analilia Mejia, a longtime progressive organizer allied with Sen. Bernie Sanders, has emerged victorious in a crowded Democratic primary in the special election to fill the U.S. H...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's minister for addictions and mental health says he has not reached out to the First Nation community that announced this week it would declare a state of emergency over a crisis...

OTTAWA - Federal public health officials say a freezer door was left open at the national emergency stockpile in December 2024, causing the loss of $20 million worth of medication. Officials from the ...

OTTAWA - Culture Minister Marc Miller accused a Conservative MP Thursday of misleading a Parliamentary committee by claiming a comment from the head of an independent producers' group in support of th...

OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Lena Diab said Thursday the changes to the refugee status claim process proposed in the government's border and immigration bill are "better for the applicants," even as ...

WINNIPEG - Former Winnipeg mayor Sam Katz faced questions at a public inquiry Thursday about money he received from a contractor leading a major construction project that ran over budget. The inquiry ...