Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - An organization that helps LGBTQ+ people file refugee claims says it has seen a spike in pleas for assistance from around the world since 2020. Devon Matthews, program head with Rainbow Railr...

BANFF - Leaders of the G7 have agreed to co-operate on efforts to manage the impacts of devastating wildfires, which are surging for another summer across Canada. The leaders are calling it the Kanana...

OTTAWA - The federal government intends to bring back consumer rebates for electric vehicles but doesn't yet quite know what they'll look like, Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin said on Tuesday. The...

OTTAWA - G7 countries pledged Tuesday to increase adoption of artificial intelligence, including in the public sector and among smaller businesses, while also promising to promote investment in emergi...

HALIFAX - After at least two Nova Scotia municipalities voted in favour of asking the provincial government to slow down on its uranium exploration plans, their offices received several-page-long lett...

British Columbia Premier David Eby says he wants a gang based in India declared a terrorist organization in Canada. The premier said Tuesday the Lawrence Bishnoi gang had been linked to extortions and...

OTTAWA - Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith warned Tuesday that Parliament is hastily plowing ahead with the government's major projects bill when it should be in listening mode. Erskine-Smith told reporte...

WINNIPEG - Wildfire evacuees continued to make their way home in some Manitoba communities Tuesday, but there were hurdles. Tataskweyak Cree Nation lifted its evacuation order Monday evening, then tol...

MONTREAL - The City of Montreal is investing $100,000 to lure scientists and researchers who want to leave the United States. In a news release, Mayor Valrie Plante says the "current situation" in the...

OTTAWA - Alberta Conservative Damien Kurek says he has officially resigned as an MP. Kurek promised just after the April election that he would vacate his seat in the Battle River-Crowfoot riding to a...