Tag Archives: Politics

VICTORIA - One day before delivering her first budget, British Columbia's finance minister said she knows that everyone is wondering how it can be done in the face of unprecedented tariffs from the Un...

The head of the Canada Infrastructure Bank says the power and export-enabling projects the Crown corporation backs are more crucial than ever as trade tumult intensifies with the United States. "In th...

MONTREAL - Quebec municipalities and human rights groups are voicing concerns about proposed legislation that would require newcomers to abide by a set of common values. They say the new bill on cultu...

MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says he will launch a public inquiry into the scandal involving at least half a billion dollars in cost overruns related to the auto insurance board's online ...

WASHINGTON - Canadians are feeling a foreboding sense of dj vu as the country waits to see whether U.S. President Donald Trump's threats of economy-wide tariffs ultimately materialize on Tuesday, tipp...

HALIFAX - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that a byelection is to be held in Halifax on April 14. The Halifax seat has been empty since Aug. 31, when longtime member of Parliament Andy Fil...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government has spent or budgeted more than $340,000 for advertising campaigns promoting its fuel tax and electricity savings - more than it spent last year on ads to persuade p...

OTTAWA - When former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland enters her campaign rallies in her bid to become the next Liberal leader, speakers always blare Nelly Furtado's 2006 hit "Maneater." It is ...

OTTAWA - The battle between AI companies and copyright holders notched an early win for publishers in the U.S. in mid-February when a court ruled that a legal research firm didn't have the right to us...

LONDON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Moscow can't be trusted in any agreement to end its invasion of Ukraine, as European leaders craft plans to rely less on Washington and protect the continen...