Tag Archives: Politics

EDMONTON - Critics of Alberta's proposed rule changes to public libraries say the true danger lies in giving the province power to dictate access and potentially snoop on which books people are checki...

Anti-drone lasers used near the southern border by the U.S. military and Homeland Security to combat cartel drones are safe and shouldn't necessitate airport closures, the Federal Aviation Administrat...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal government is on the verge of securing a majority government ahead of three byelections next week. Here's what a majority government would mean for him an...

MONTREAL - Liberal party members will soon grapple with the question of whether children and young teens should be barred from accessing social media accounts for platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, ...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick was issued a new warning about the state of its finances Friday as Moody's Ratings downgraded the province's fiscal outlook to negative from a prior stable status. The glob...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government has a major detail to flesh out as part of its budget plan to eliminate the provincial sales tax on food in grocery stores - the legal definition of a grocery store....

VANCOUVER - A First Nations leader whose wife is a B.C. government legislator says she doesn't support Premier David Eby's plan to suspend parts of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ...

OTTAWA - Former interim NDP leader Don Davies will continue to act as the party's parliamentary leader in the House of Commons while new leader Avi Lewis remains outside of Parliament. The House of Co...

TORONTO - The length of teachers' college in Ontario will soon be cut in half, from two years to one, and have a greater emphasis on practical components as a way to address shortages. A return to the...

Ontario is pulling funding for the last remaining provincially funded supervised drug consumption site, after announcing funding cuts at seven others last month. The province says in a press release t...