Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - The upcoming federal budget will include funding for a national school food program that will aim to provide meals to 400,000 more kids per year across the country, Prime Minister Justin Trud...

MONTREAL - Airlines and marine shippers have asked Ottawa to beef up funding for sustainable transport, money they hope will flow toward green supply chains and upgrades to existing infrastructure. Ta...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says premiers would rather complain and "make political hay" out of his federal carbon pricing program than present an alternative to reduce greenhouse gas emiss...

MONTREAL - Former Quebec Liberal cabinet minister and well-known constitutional expert Benot Pelletier has died in Mexico at age 64, his family announced Monday. In a statement, his wife and four chil...

HALIFAX - The minimum wage is going up today in all four Atlantic Canadian provinces. Newfoundland and Labrador is leading the way with a 60-cent increase, bringing its hourly rate to $15.60 - the hig...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Thunder and lightning delayed the start of the annual Easter egg roll at the White House on Monday, but the event eventually rolled ahead under gray skies with a large crowd includin...

OTTAWA - The national price on pollution will rise by $15 per tonne Monday. Here are some questions answered about what this could mean for you. Who pays the carbon price? Canada has two different car...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The Kansas Legislature is scrambling to address tax cuts, funding for disability services and immigration issues ahead of its annual three-week spring break starting next week. Mos...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The video shared by Donald Trump features horror movie music and footage of migrants purportedly entering the U.S. from countries including Cameroon, Afghanistan and China. Shots of ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - An appeals court ruling that weakened a key part of the Voting Rights Act is spurring lawmakers in several states to enact state-level protections to plug gaps that the ruling o...