Tag Archives: Politics

VICTORIA - The British Columbia NDP caucus says legislator Joan Phillip is dealing with an illness that requires additional testing. New Democrat caucus chair Garry Begg said in a news release on Wedn...

OTTAWA - The federal government is in the process of sending letters with information on its planned early retirement program to almost 70,000 employees as it works to reduce the size of the public se...

QUBEC - The Quebec government is planning to eliminate the equivalent of 5,000 full-time positions in the civil service by March 2027. Treasury Board President France-laine Duranceau also says that by...

OTTAWA - A coalition that includes civil liberties, community and labour groups called on the Liberal government Wednesday to withdraw its hate crime bill. Tim McSorley of the International Civil Libe...

OTTAWA - A British Columbia Liberal MP said Wednesday Prime Minister Mark Carney "will have to answer" questions on why he reversed a budget commitment on tax credits when he signed the Alberta energy...

VICTORIA - An attempted coup against John Rustad's leadership of the Conservative Party of B.C. descended into chaos on Wednesday, with the party's legislators unable to agree who was in charge. The p...

Canadians affected by a 23andMe data security breach two years ago have reached a proposed class-action settlement with the genetic testing company for approximately $4.49 million. Canada's privacy wa...

WINNIPEG - The mayor of Manitoba's capital city is pushing forward to create a fourth emergency response service that would respond to mental health crises. Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham has long ca...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump pardoned Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife in a federal bribery and conspiracy case on Wednesday, citing what he called a "weaponized" justice s...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government is urging Crown prosecutors to think twice about charging someone who acts to defend themselves or others in their own homes. Justice Minister Mi...