Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - A federal program that tops up provincial revenues in response to sudden economic downturns won't be getting any changes until at least this spring. Finance ministers in Alberta and Saskatche...

ST-SAUVEUR, Que. - Quebec cabinet ministers are speaking out about a deluge of hateful comments posted to the premier's Facebook page after he published a message in support o...

WASHINGTON - Climate activists in the United States call it an abject failure, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is insisting the new North American trade agreement is a good deal for t...

OTTAWA - In 2014, Justin Trudeau booted senators out of the Liberal caucus as part of his bid to transform Canada's Senate into a more independent, less partisan chamber of sober second thought. Yet o...

OTTAWA - Two long-range Russian bombers buzzed Canadian airspace this morning, only days after a senior military officer warned that North America's early warning system is outdated. The North America...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is ending a controversial practice that allowed hospitals to flag new mothers to child welfare agencies. Families Minister Heather Stefanson says birth alerts will b...

OTTAWA - The federal government ran a deficit of $11.8 billion over seven months of its 2019-20 fiscal year compared with a deficit of $2.1 billion in the same period last year. The Finance Department...

WASHINGTON - Jay Sekulow, one of President Donald Trump's lead attorneys during the impeachment trial, is being paid for his legal work through a rented $80-a-month mailbox a block away from the White...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is confident that Britain's exit from the European Union later today will be an orderly process with minimal disruption to Canadian trade and i...

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne has spoken to his Chinese counterpart about the coronavirus outbreak, a day after the World Health Organization called it a global health ...