Tag Archives: Politics

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House passed this year's final batch of spending bills on Thursday as lawmakers, still smarting from last fall's record 43-day shutdown, worked to avoid another funding lapse for...

QUBEC - The Quebec government announced Thursday that it's pushing back its greenhouse gas reduction target by five years to protect the economy and jobs, as environmental groups warned that the delay...

OTTAWA - The mother of a Canadian man detained in Syria says he risks going from "one legal black hole into another" as prisoners in the strife-torn country are transferred to Iraq. Sally Lane has bee...

REGINA - Saskatchewan's government is launching an independent third-party review into hospital security while installing metal detectors in emergency rooms following concerns of growing violence. The...

QUBEC - The Coalition Avenir Qubec will choose Premier Franois Legault's successor on April 12. The party says the leadership race starts today and candidates have until Feb. 21 to submit their applic...

The Competition Bureau says it heard a variety of concerns from Canadians during its recent study into the use of algorithms to set prices, including issues around unfairness and affordability. The bu...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick called Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech at the World Economic Forum "political noise" on Thursday and criticized Canada's recent deal with China....

OTTAWA - China's ambassador in Ottawa says Prime Minister Mark Carney's claim that Beijing is about to lift its visa requirement for Canadians is not yet official, suggesting the move is still under c...

ST. JOHN'S - The Inuit government in northern Labrador is standing in solidarity with Greenland as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to take control of the Danish territory. Nunatsiavut President ...

ST. JOHN'S - Two governments appear to disagree on who will pay to clean up an abandoned rural Newfoundland fish sauce factory that has tormented residents with its fetid stench for years. Provincial ...