Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - Unions and MPs say a bureau at Veterans Affairs which provides free legal advice to veterans and RCMP members who have been denied disability benefits is about to see its workforce cut almost...

CALGARY - The Alberta Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal of the Town of Canmore's "livability tax." The levy is aimed at taxing homeowners who leave their residences empty for more than half the y...

WINNIPEG - Manitobans could soon be consulted on whether it's necessary to continue changing the clocks twice a year in the province. Premier Wab Kinew hinted the province is nearing the end of the pr...

CALGARY - The Alberta government has ordered a sweeping third-party investigation into Calgary's ongoing water main problems that have yet again forced residents to ration their use. Municipal Affairs...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia cabinet minister Kim Masland says she's taking more precautions to ensure her safety after police arrested a man who tried to enter her Liverpool home through the back door. RCMP...

MONTRAL - Quebec's public security minister says he's open to publicly releasing the reports by the province's independent police watchdog, as is the case with police oversight bodies in other provinc...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre set off for a weekend of meetings in Michigan Friday promising to return to Windsor, Ont., in two days with details of a plan he said is "literally the on...

TORONTO - Ontario's payout to Elon Musk's SpaceX over a cancelled Starlink contract will remain a secret after the two sides agreed to a confidential settlement, The Canadian Press has learned. The pr...

OTTAWA - The Conservatives have now named candidates for all three upcoming byelections. The party announced that middle school teacher Diana Filipova will run in Scarborough Southwest. That seat was ...

TORONTO - Ontario is set to make Premier Doug Ford and cabinet members' records secret as it "modernizes" freedom-of-information laws, a change the province's privacy watchdog warns will eviscerate pu...