Tag Archives: Politics

Efforts are underway to combat growing rat populations in two of Ontario's largest cities, as the rodents that typically lurk underground become more visible thanks to a combination of construction an...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Doctors in Atlantic Canada say too many beds in emergency departments are taken up by people who need non-emergency care, and the "bed-blocking" is driving high numbers of emergency...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia Liberal member who introduced a bill to improve breast cancer detection says the province isn't doing enough to offer cancer screening to women who need it. Rafah DiConstanzo...

OTTAWA - A former federal consultant has been charged with fraud for overbilling the government by $250,000. The RCMP say Clara Elaine Visser faces one charge of fraud over $5,000, following an invest...

OTTAWA - The Assembly of First Nations passed an emergency resolution at its general assembly in Montreal Tuesday calling off a forensic audit that had been pushed by former national chief RoseAnne Ar...

MONTREAL - The City of Montreal says it will hold public consultations on how to better integrate services for homeless people with surrounding neighbourhoods. The announcement comes as Montrealers li...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Former Sen. Jim Inhofe, a conservative known for his strong support of defense spending and his denial that human activity is responsible for the bulk of climate change, has died....

TORONTO - Ontario municipalities have been forced to turn down thousands of child-care spaces in the $10-a-day system because of a limit on the percentage of for-profit spaces in the province's deal w...

OTTAWA - The man who ran alongside Green Party Leader Elizabeth May in the hopes of one day becoming the party's co-leader announced on Tuesday he is stepping away from his current role as her deputy....

CLINTON, ONT. - For the mayor of the municipality where Alice Munro spent much of her adult life, the monument honouring her outside the local library should be left unchanged - an affirmation that fo...