Tag Archives: Politics

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is hinting at a potential breakthrough with the federal government on a carbon tax. Pallister says federal and provincial senior officials have been in cons...

OTTAWA - Sen. Lynn Beyak sought to stave off suspension from the upper chamber today, apologizing unreservedly for posting offensive letters online and pledging to do more to show her contrition. Beya...

VANCOUVER - A lawyer for a gaming expert says a cash cap is the only way to stop money laundering at casinos in British Columbia. Christine Mainville told a public inquiry tod...

OTTAWA - Liberal MPs have temporarily thwarted an attempt by a Bloc Quebecois MP to immediately debate the "Indigenous crisis" involving rail and road blockades across the country at a Commons co...

EDMONTON - Legal experts say rulings from provincial Appeal Courts on the federal carbon tax aren't about the tax itself, but rather the government's legal grounds for it. The Alberta C...

GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - A New Brunswick doctor who specializes in treating veterans with PTSD apologized today for comments he made about the Department of Veterans Affairs during testimony before a fatal...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Finance Minister Karen Casey tabled the 2020-21 provincial budget Tuesday. Here are some highlights: - A forecast surplus of $55 million is projected on spending of just ove...

OTTAWA - A renowned Canadian epidemiologist who led a team of experts to China to study the novel coronavirus on behalf of the World Health Organization says other countries are not ready fo...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Liberal government is opening the spending taps on infrastructure in its fifth consecutive balanced budget, as economic growth is expected to drop sharply this year. The 2020-2...

OTTAWA - Canada's top health official has released the final 195 Canadians and their families who were brought home from Wuhan, China after two weeks of observation for the novel coronavirus...