Tag Archives: Politics

LAVAL - The two candidates vying to replace Franois Legault as Coalition Avenir Qubec leader and Quebec premier faced off over language and immigration in a heated final debate north of Montreal on Sa...

WINNIPEG - The NDP leadership candidates made their last pitch to voters Saturday morning in a last-ditch effort to win support from the handful of members who have not voted yet. Many of the roughly ...

WINNIPEG - The next NDP leader will be announced on Sunday. There are five candidates on the ballot and voting concludes Saturday. Here's a quick look at the candidates and how the last six months hav...

OTTAWA - Gender-equality activists say a Toronto woman who was killed this month after decades pushing for women's rights in her native Iraq would not want Canadians to give up the fight for equality....

VICTORIA - A joint federal-provincial commission could look into the shooting that killed eight people in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., says British Columbia's public safety minister. Nina Krieger says a joint...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government indicated Friday it will meet with critics who say a planned grocery tax cut is unfair and excludes many businesses, but it did not promise any changes. "These savin...

OTTAWA - The federal government has launched a trade inquiry on global imports of frozen and canned vegetables. A statement from the Department of Finance says the government sought the inquiry in res...

EDMONTON - More than two dozen Edmonton and area medical professionals say they're concerned newly proposed limits on medical assistance in dying in Alberta would cause needless suffering and put clin...

VICTORIA - A University of British Columbia political analyst says calls for the resignation of Independent MLA Hon Chan are appropriate, after the legislator was charged this week in relation to an a...

Quebec's public pension fund manager, the Caisse de dpt et placement du Qubec, along with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board are among the targets of a class-action lawsuit filed by employees of...