Tag Archives: Politics

EDMONTON - Fae Rad is swamped. The education director at Scholars of Calgary Northwest, a tutoring centre, says its phones have been ringing off the hook and voice mails backed up. The calls are from ...

WHITEHORSE - Yukon's election will be held on Nov. 3, and while Friday was the last possible day the vote could be called under the territory's legislation, none of the three main parties have a full ...

OTTAWA - The Palestinian Authority says its commitment to hold elections in 2026 - which Ottawa has set as a condition for recognizing Palestinian statehood - won't be fulfilled if the war in Gaza con...

ST. JOHN'S - Business and taxpayer organizations are calling on party leaders in Newfoundland and Labrador to stop making costly election promises, as the province carries the country's highest per-ca...

TORONTO - Every time Jason Miles walked out of prison, he would be bigger, stronger and meaner. Behind bars, he lifted weights all day and made connections that led him to commit more dangerous crimes...

VICTORIA - British Columbia house leader Mike Farnworth said the NDP government plans to pass 18 bills in the fall session of the legislature by the time it ends in late November. Farnworth said the g...

BURNABY - Striking British Columbia public service workers have followed through on a pledge to escalate their job action as they push for a new contract, with their union saying pickets are up at ano...

EDMONTON - With talks stalled and just days to go until Alberta's teachers go on strike, their union and the province agreed Thursday on one thing - it's up to the other side to pick up the phone. "We...

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...