Tag Archives: Politics

HALIFAX - As the Nova Scotia government announced it ended the last fiscal year with a surplus of nearly $144 million, opposition parties called for changes to spending practices that allow the govern...

OTTAWA - The federal government posted a $3.9 billion deficit in the first two months of the fiscal year. The result for the April-to-May period compared to a $1.5 billion surplus for the same stretch...

ATLANTA (AP) - Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama have endorsed Kamala Harris in her White House bid, giving the vice president the expected but still crucial backing o...

OTTAWA - The Crown made a mockery of its treaty promise to the Anishinaabe in Ontario by freezing annual payments to First Nations for 150 years, and it now must make things right, the Supreme Court o...

TORONTO - Call it Taylor's Toronto, at least for a month. Toronto councillors have voted to temporarily mark a route through the downtown core with signs honouring megastar Taylor Swift when she bring...

VANCOUVER - Almost all British Columbia communities have adopted the provincial government's plan to tackle the housing crisis by allowing more multi-unit homes on properties. The province says nearly...

OTTAWA - A DNA test shows a former judge and Order of Canada recipient accused of falsely claiming to be Cree "most likely" has Indigenous heritage, a report from the Law Society of British Columbia r...

NEW YORK (AP) - Prosecutors are urging a judge to uphold Donald Trump's historic hush money conviction, arguing in court papers made public Thursday that the verdict should stand despite the Supreme C...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Kamala Harris told reporters on Thursday that she's "ready to debate Donald Trump." She accused him of "backpedaling" away from a previous agreement for a debate hoste...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston on Thursday defended his absence from this year's Halifax Pride parade, saying he didn't attend because police feared he'd be a lightning rod for protesters. ...