Tag Archives: Politics

REGINA - The Saskatchewan government ended the last fiscal year with a $182-million surplus, lower than the original forecast but higher than other predictions. Finance Minister Donna Harpauer said Th...

OTTAWA - Foreign workers have been making the transition to permanent residency at higher rates in recent years, Statistics Canada says. A new report from the federal agency shows that between 2016 an...

OTTAWA - A change-of-command ceremony for the country's top military commander is set for July 18, though the next chief of the defence staff has not yet been named publicly. Gen. Wayne Eyre announced...

OTTAWA - The Canada Revenue Agency is ramping up efforts to recover overpayments of pandemic-related benefits. Starting in July, the agency said Thursday it will begin issuing legal warnings and could...

When David Ben learned he would be appointed to the Order of Canada, his mind immediately went to the great magicians who received the honour before him. "It was quite an emotional moment for me becau...

OTTAWA - The Governor General's office has announced 83 new appointments to the Order of Canada. A look: Companions: -Monique Forget Leroux, C.C., O.Q., Outremont, Que., a promotion within the Order f...

OTTAWA - Ottawa plans to expand eligibility for the federal dental program today to include children under the age of 18 and people who receive a disability tax credit. The government estimates 1.2 mi...

TORONTO - The firm of the late architect who designed the Ontario Science Centre says the province's decision to immediately close its doors over a problem with the roof was "absurd" and motivated by ...

PHILADELPHIA - People across the United States were watching as Joe Biden and Donald Trump squared off for the first presidential debate in a bid to invigorate would-be voters as the tight race for le...

NEMAIAH VALLEY, B.C. - Chief Joe Alphonse of the Tsilhqot'in First Nation says the 2014 court ruling that resulted in the first declaration of Aboriginal title in Canadian history triggered a decade o...