Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - First Nations leaders are calling on the federal government to oppose a nuclear waste disposal site near the Ottawa River that they say threatens drinking water and their rights. Last month, ...

HALIFAX - Capital spending in Nova Scotia remains at a record level, although provincial Finance Minister Allan MacMaster says he doesn't envision the government's funding allocation growing larger in...

CANMORE, Alta. - A First Nations community in Alberta has added its voice to a call for a provincial environmental assessment on two major property development projects in a neighbouring mountain town...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government unveiled a rebrand of the federal carbon price rebate Wednesday as it announced the updated sums Canadian households are expected to get after the price itself goes up ...

BCE Inc. is urging the CRTC to implement conditions such as caps on eligible speeds and initial access restrictions if the regulator allows smaller internet providers to use rivals' fibre networks to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Black History Month, often a time to recognize the contributions of African Americans in U.S. history, was marked in the nation's capital this week with a focus on present divides an...

NEW YORK (AP) - The Associated Press is making some of its U.S. elections data available for free to more than 400 nonprofit news organizations in a program funded by the Google News Initiative, the c...

Richmond, B.C., resident Edward Cheung says many community members feel they know exactly what will happen if a supervised safe consumption drug site is established in the city. Cheung, whose parents ...

TORONTO - Premier Doug Ford's government has a plan to get its blue licence plates off the roads, four years after discovering they are barely visible at night - and that plan is to sit back and wait....

OTTAWA - RBC says a recently announced cap on new study permits won't lead to an outright decrease in demand for rental housing from international students this year. But a new report from the bank ab...