Tag Archives: Politics

MONTREAL - An election employee noted a discrepancy in the postal codes of special ballot return envelopes in Terrebonne nearly three weeks before the election, but the error wasn't reported to superi...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government introduced a bill Thursday that would allow authorities to detain intoxicated people for up to 72 hours instead of the current 24. The extra time would apply to peop...

EDMONTON - A newborn in Alberta has died of measles marking the province's first death from the disease this year, the government said Thursday. Alberta Health Minister Adriana LaGrange said the child...

The next Yukon territorial election will happen on Nov. 3, the last possible day allowed under the territory's fixed election legislation. Yukon Premier Mike Pemberton told supporters Thursday that he...

OTTAWA - A new report from a federal security task force says foreign interference activities during the last general election were "small scale" and often difficult to attribute to an actor from abro...

OTTAWA - A national spy watchdog has found "a lack of rigour" in the way the Canada Revenue Agency selects charities for audits over terrorism concerns, saying the process introduces risks of bias and...

An Ontario member of provincial parliament facing domestic violence charges says he is taking a short leave. Chris Scott was elected in February to represent Sault Ste. Marie for the Progressive Conse...

CALGARY - Analysts at CIBC say they're doubtful Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's plan to spur development of a West Coast bitumen pipeline will succeed. They say in a report that they applaud the effo...

In September, the public announcement of the federal government's Build Canada Homes agency sparked social media posts claiming a fake construction site with fake homes was used as a backdrop for the ...

OTTAWA - It's futile to predict how long trade talks with President Donald Trump's White House might last, Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc told the House of Commons trade committee ...