Tag Archives: Politics

EDMONTON - Falling oil prices and trade troubles continue to threaten Alberta's finances, but the province's deficit is expected to shrink only slightly. It has been pegged at $6.4 billion, down $40 m...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it's now projecting an $11.2 billion deficit this fiscal year, still a record but down from a projected $11.6 billion in its last quarterly report. The ...

WINNIPEG - Tofu-eaters. Misogynists. Criminal. The insults have been flying fast and furious at the Manitoba legislature, where even Tom Lindsey, the Speaker who is in charge of maintaining order, got...

OTTAWA - Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault resigned from Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet late Thursday to protest his government's new pact with Alberta on a proposed new pipeline. The environme...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says he is disappointed with how the privately owned provincial utility responded to a cyberattack earlier this year. The cyberattack struck Nova Scotia Power...

A new pipeline agreement between Alberta and Ottawa could trigger a race to the bottom on Canada's climate policies, advocates said Thursday, as they warned the deal would invite other provinces to ma...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's opposition parties are criticizing the government for failing to immediately apologize to Mi'kmaq and African Nova Scotian communities for the province's history of environment...

OTTAWA - The NDP leadership candidates admitted they need to brush up on their French-language skills when they faced off for the campaign's first debate in Montreal. The debate on Thursday began with...

REGINA - Canadian veterinarians no longer have to access to 40 per cent of medications they once were able to use, a figure the head of the national association says is worrying. Tracy Fisher, preside...

British Columbia Premier David Eby and First Nations have thrown up a wall of opposition to a proposed northern oil pipeline, after Alberta and the federal government signed a memorandum of understand...