Tag Archives: Politics

EDMONTON - The final four Alberta recall petitions aimed at unseating United Conservative members of the legislature have failed. Elections Alberta said Wednesday that petitioners didn't gather enough...

CALGARY - Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas says he believes past and present councillors -- including former mayor Jyoti Gondek -- are not at the centre of an ongoing police investigation after some of the...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department has settled for roughly $1.2 million a lawsuit from Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser to President Donald Trump who pleaded guilty during the...

OTTAWA - A First Nations group is calling on the federal auditor general to investigate the Canadian Human Rights Commission, arguing its delay in hearing a case about funding for on-reserve fire serv...

CALGARY - Alberta and Ottawa have reached an "agreement-in-principle" that puts the province in control of regulating its methane emissions, with final rules expected by the end of this year. The fede...

OTTAWA - A House of Commons committee is calling on the government to make it harder for protest groups to sign up dozens of candidates in a single riding, after Elections Canada announced Wednesday t...

Councillors in an Alberta town have become the latest community in the province to ban decorative flags and crosswalks from public land, a move that effectively forbids symbolic artistic statements, s...

TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford and his health minister said Wednesday they will not reverse course on their decision to shutter more supervised drug consumption sites, after a letter from six for...

EDMONTON - An Alberta legislature committee has reached into the auditor general's office to pick a new person to lead the watchdog agency. The committee voted Wednesday to recommend that Premier Dani...

VICTORIA - The MP representing Tumbler Ridge, B.C., has described how a 12-year-old girl heroically tried to save two classmates shot in the mass killing in the community last month. Bob Zimmer told T...