Tag Archives: Politics

WHITEHORSE - Elections Yukon is setting out to uncover why voter turnout in the territory has plummeted. The territorial elections body says it's launching a review to identify factors that may have c...

EDMONTON - Alberta's two biggest school divisions say dozens of library books have been taken off the shelves as the province's ban on sexually explicit material took effect this week. Kim Smith, a sp...

SASKATOON - An on-again, off-again machine in Saskatchewan that's vital for diagnosing cancer has been disrupted again, putting at least one family in a bind. The Saskatchewan Health Authority said Tu...

OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump stunned the world on the weekend by ordering a military raid on the Venezuelan capital, capturing President Nicolas Maduro and bringing him to New York to face cha...

President Donald Trump's administration said Tuesday that it is withholding funding for programs that support needy families with children in five Democratic-led states over concerns about fraud. "For...

WINNIPEG - A Manitoba politician who was kicked out of the governing NDP caucus is suing Premier Wab Kinew and two other New Democrat legislature members. Mark Wasyliw, in a statement of claim, allege...

EDMONTON - A petitioner looking to oust an Alberta cabinet minister says she has a huge task ahead, as the campaign nears its deadline for signature collection. Jenny Yeremiy, in an interview Tuesday,...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's opposition parties are criticizing the Progressive Conservative government for remaining noncommittal about the premier's campaign promise to cap power rate increases to the Ca...

QUBEC - Charles Milliard says he will run for leader of the embattled Quebec Liberals for a second time, less than three weeks after Pablo Rodriguez resigned from the job amid an anti-corruption polic...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney said Ontario Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland's upcoming resignation from the House of Commons is "consistent" with her taking on a role as an unpaid economic developme...