Tag Archives: Politics

Claims that Prime Minister Mark Carney said he would invoke the Emergencies Act to quash Alberta independence appeared online last week. It was said Carney made the comments while addressing steelwork...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba is defending its law allowing 72-hour detention of people high on methamphetamines and other drugs, as its former chief psychiatrist has applied for a court challenge arguing it co...

TORONTO - Taxpayers flooded Ontario Premier Doug Ford's cellphone over the weekend with complaints about the province's purchase of a $29-million jet to fly him around the province, he said Monday. By...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick officials say residents who live near waterways should act now to protect themselves and their property. The province's emergency measures organization says the lower Saint...

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is filling two vacancies on its governing council with a pair of economists who are already well known at the central bank. In May, the Bank of Canada's managing director o...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia is kicking off public consultations on its controversial plan to allow natural gas exploration more than a decade after fracking was first banned in the province. In December, th...

VANCOUVER - The trial of a former RCMP officer got underway in British Columbia Supreme Court Monday, with prosecutors alleging William Majcher prepared to coerce a resident of the province to return ...

EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith's government says Albertans will soon be ditching twice-a-year clock changes. Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally confirmed Monday the province plans to stick with da...

OTTAWA - Some of the experts Ottawa has tasked with giving it direction on the upcoming online harms bill say the legislation should cover AI chatbots, while opinion on the idea of age restrictions fo...

OTTAWA - Conservative and Bloc Qubcois MPs are calling on the Liberals to follow through on a trade co-operation framework with Taiwan after the territory's envoy to Canada said Ottawa halted the proc...