Tag Archives: Politics

TORONTO - Ontario should be prepared for "tougher times" amid global economic disruption, but the government won't slash public sector jobs to buttress the budget amid uncertainty, the finance ministe...

OTTAWA - The union representing staff at Global Affairs Canada says the foreign service is laying off dozens of its highest-skilled diplomats, while asking other envoys moving across continents to wai...

If lower interest rates can't push homebuyers off the sidelines, perhaps a year's worth of free borrowing costs will. That's the hope for one developer whose offer joins a growing list of incentives a...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrat Emily Gregory won a special election for a Florida state House seat on Tuesday, flipping a district that is home to President Donald Trump's estate, Mar-a-Lago. The Republic...

OTTAWA - Voters in Terrebonne will use a write-in ballot in the upcoming byelection, as the Longest Ballot Committee has made the Quebec riding its latest target. Elections Canada's advisory committee...

QUBEC - Quebec's minister of health and social services has tabled a bill to relax the criteria for the involuntary hospitalization of patients experiencing a mental health crisis. The bill aims to ov...

TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday he believes the information and privacy commissioner, who is speaking out about changes he is making to freedom-of-information laws, is "politically dr...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Finance Minister Adrien Sala tabled on Tuesday the provincial budget for 2026-27. Here are some highlights: - The provincial sales tax is to be removed, as of July, on all food at ...

TikTok is hitting play again on Canadian arts sponsorships, coming back to the Juno Awards after a federal shutdown order forced it to press pause last year. The tech company says it will serve as a P...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina government's most influential politician, Republican state Senate leader Phil Berger, conceded the primary race for his legislative seat on Tuesday, shaking the pow...