Tag Archives: Politics

VANCOUVER - A small, mobile RCMP detachment in a remote area of British Columbia has become a bargaining chip in proposed talks that many hope could put an end to blockades that have disrupt...

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne wrapped two days of meetings at a summit with Caribbean leaders saying he's confident he was campaigning among "family" for support for Ca...

REGINA - Questions are being raised about the Saskatchewan government's denying sex offenders the ability to legally change their names. The province has released details about an order of c...

VICTORIA - Top income earners and pop drinkers were hit with new taxes in Tuesday's B.C. budget, which continues the government's focus on capital spending for schools, hospitals and transit...

VICTORIA - Highlights of British Columbia's 2020-21 budget released Tuesday: - Starting in September, post-secondary students can receive up to $4,000 a year to help cover tuition costs unde...

OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has offered effusive thanks to New Democrats and stinging criticism of the Conservatives after the NDP supported the minority Liberal government's effo...

CHICAGO - President Donald Trump is expected to commute the 14-year prison sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted of political corruption just months after he appeared on ...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Dwight Ball says the decision to step down as leader of the province was his alone. The premier announced his intention to resign in a surpris...

The federal government says it will support an international ban on environmentally damaging heavy fuel oils in Arctic shipping. The decision comes despite concerns that forcing shippers to use more e...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned Edward DeBartolo Jr., the former San Francisco 49ers owner convicted in a gambling fraud scandal who built one of the most successful NFL teams ...