Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - Canada will soon have a new operations centre to help co-ordinate countrywide disaster response. Government officials on Friday offered media outlets a tour of the new facility, which is expe...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says recall petitions against 14 of her caucus members have become a distraction from the "amazing" things her government is doing. Smith made the comment whi...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba is renewing its call for a national electricity grid that would move more power between provinces and territories and help the province's exports. Premier Wab Kinew says it's a goo...

TORONTO - Companies and unions building worker training centres using money from Ontario's embattled Skills Development Fund could soon bypass planning laws, raising "significant concerns" for the pro...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Charges against the man accused of shooting two National Guard members have been upgraded to first-degree murder after one of the soldiers died, the U.S. attorney for the District of...

CALGARY - Analysts at CIBC Capital Markets say they don't expect the private sector to take the lead on a new West Coast oilsands pipeline so long as the British Columbia government and First Nations ...

OTTAWA - The video service that has been providing Canadians with direct coverage of political events since 1992 says a recent CRTC decision puts its operation at risk. "Our equipment is in an imminen...

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says budget cuts at Global Affairs Canada won't affect the ability of Canadians in trouble abroad to get help from embassies. "I'm confident that these re...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says an investor can pursue legal action against a mining company on the basis that it did not immediately publicize information about a production setback. In its...

REGINA - Saskatchewan's new child-care deal is to see Ottawa spend $1.6 billion over five years to support $10-a-day care, a move early learning educators say brings stability to the sector. The provi...