Tag Archives: Politics

FORT NELSON - The mayor of Fort Nelson, B.C., says the community is feeling more comfortable after a week of wet weather and a downgraded drought threat, but that doesn't mean they're blind to the ris...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's police watchdog is in talks with a civilian agency that is interested in investigating the role of police in the wrongful murder conviction of Glen Assoun, provincial justice o...

EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA - Alberta has announced its final numbers for the fiscal year that ended in March, and the bottom line is a $4.3-billion surplus. Finance Minister Nate Horner says Alberta to...

OTTAWA - The Assembly of First Nations is not allowing resolutions on child welfare at its coming annual general assembly, including one that called for it to publicly apologize for comments made in f...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A New Hampshire man charged with threatening the lives of presidential candidates last year has been found dead while a jury was deciding his verdict, according to court filings T...

Despite two previous updates in the red, Saskatchewan ended the 2023-24 fiscal year with an operating surplus of $182 million. The Ministry of Finance released the Public Accounts Volume 1 on Thursday...

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...