Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - Members of Parliament voted Tuesday to approve the appointment of Annette Ryan as Canada's next Parliamentary Budget Officer. MPs approved her appointment in a 164 to 153 vote, with Bloc Qubc...

VICTORIA - A coalition of First Nations say they are prepared to block major projects and take legal action if British Columbia does not pause two treaties to resolve overlapping territorial claims. P...

WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg man faces charges of threatening a Manitoba cabinet minister in letters that contained racist language, the city's police force said Tuesday. The 72-year-old faces charges of cri...

SUDBURY - The City of Greater Sudbury has declared a state of emergency as it grapples with rising water levels and braces for more flooding in the coming days. City officials say the decision was mad...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Supreme Court heard Tuesday that three Chinese police officials went "missing" for six hours during an RCMP-escorted visit to Vancouver in 2018, setting off concerns the...

HALIFAX - Opposition parties say government owes it to Nova Scotians to be more transparent on its progress in implementing recommendations from an inquiry into a former soldier who killed his family ...

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne will appear before the House ethics committee next month to answer questions about his connection to the Alto high-speed rail project, after a leng...

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests the proposed Alto high-speed railway project is both the most-supported and the most-opposed item on the federal government's list of major projects. Probe Research survey...

OTTAWA - CPAC, the Canadian service that provides direct coverage of political events, says declining revenues have led it to cancel two flagship programs, PrimeTime Politics and L'Essentiel. It cited...

OTTAWA - The last Conservative leader to be ousted by his party says he's advised his replacement to forget the floor crossings and social media trends as speculation heats up over Pierre Poilievre's ...