Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - The public servant leading the transition away from the federal government's error-prone Phoenix pay system says he is stepping down because the team no longer needs him. Alex Benay, associat...

OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Canada and other departments are failing to uphold their own Indigenous procurement strategy and may be allowing contractors to use shell companies to access contracts res...

OTTAWA - For the first time since the end of the Cold War, Canada is spending roughly two per cent of its GDP on national defence - a key NATO alliance benchmark Ottawa previously failed to meet. NATO...

MONTREAL - The chief executive of Air Canada has apologized for not being able to express himself adequately in French after releasing a video message of condolence on the deadly plane crash in New Yo...

Representatives from all three Canadian territories say the need to improve their aging electricity grids has reached a critical level requiring billions of dollars from the federal government to upda...

TORONTO - Ontario is delaying a path to balance once more, as one of several shock absorbers meant to ease the province down a potentially bumpy economic road ahead, though it is currently faring bett...

CALGARY - The commander of the Canadian Army told a defence industry conference Wednesday that the Forces will be forging ahead with purchases and investments as the country works toward modernization...

EDMONTON - Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney is taking up the Canadian cause as he's set to participate in two debates about separatism against a lawyer pushing for the province to go its own way. T...

EDMONTON - The final four Alberta recall petitions aimed at unseating United Conservative members of the legislature have failed. Elections Alberta said Wednesday that petitioners didn't gather enough...

CALGARY - Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas says he believes past and present councillors -- including former mayor Jyoti Gondek -- are not at the centre of an ongoing police investigation after some of the...