Tag Archives: Politics

VICTORIA - A coalition of municipalities in British Columbia is calling on the province to repeal housing legislation designed to increase supply through higher density, but the housing minister says ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's Republican-led Senate decisively rejected a redrawn congressional map Thursday that would have favored their party, defying months of pressure from President Donald Trump...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A grand jury declined for a second time to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday, refusing to resurrect a mortgage fraud prosecution encouraged by Presid...

HALIFAX - Premier Tim Houston is defending his government's crackdown on cannabis dispensaries, despite widespread and escalating criticism, saying he is concerned about the illegal market. The premie...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government has wrapped up a fall legislature sitting featuring landmark legislation that raised questions on where political authority should end and the ru...

EDMONTON - Alberta's auditor general says the province needs a new framework for measuring and reporting the performance of its health-care system. Doug Wylie, in a new report Thursday, says the recom...

Canada's housing agency says the pace of rent growth ticked lower this year as vacancies continued rising, while increased rental supply also contributed to softer market conditions. Canada Mortgage a...

TORONTO - Ontario's legislature is set to take a 14-week winter break, less than two months after resuming from a 19-week summer break, a move opposition politicians call undemocratic and "crazy." Mem...

QUBEC - Quebec Liberal Leader Pablo Rodriguez is facing increasing pressure from prominent Liberals to step down amid an ongoing crisis within the party. But the former federal cabinet minister insist...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate on Thursday rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the begin...