Tag Archives: Politics

QUBEC - The Quebec government tabled a bill on Thursday to increase the number of ridings in the province to 127 from 125, after the Supreme Court of Canada ruled against its attempt to block a redraw...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office says she has been granted security clearance to receive briefings from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. Her office provided few other deta...

CALGARY - Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. is moving ahead with early engineering work on two steam-driven oilsands projects, but an $8.25-billion mine expansion remains on hold until questions around ...

QUBEC - Quebec's ethic commissioner has recommended an $8,000 fine against a former Liberal member of the legislature for using her constituency resources in the 2025 provincial Liberal leadership rac...

OTTAWA - The federal privacy watchdog says there have been more than 42,000 breaches at the Canada Revenue Agency since 2020 as a result of people gaining unauthorized access to, or modifying, taxpaye...

TORONTO - Urgency on trade certainty and diversification was a key message economic experts emphasized at a Public Policy Forum conference Thursday. Speaking at the Canada Growth Summit, CIBC chief ec...

QUBEC - The association of Quebec's psychiatrists says it supports a bill that would make it easier to forcibly hospitalize someone in a mental health crisis. Existing law permits authorities to treat...

OTTAWA - Louise Arbour will be sworn in as Canada's next governor general on June 8, the Canadian Heritage Department confirmed. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Tuesday the retired Supreme Cou...

OTTAWA - Implementing a co-pay from asylum seekers and refugee claimants for some health care services will cut public costs by about $140 million, the government estimates in a written response to th...

TORONTO - Sherritt International Corp. says it has suspended its direct participation in joint venture activities in Cuba following an expansion of U.S. sanctions against the country. The Canadian min...