Tag Archives: Politics

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government has been taking longer to respond to freedom of information requests and collecting more money from people filing them, newly released figures show. Government depar...

TORONTO - Premier Doug Ford's government returns to Queen's Park Monday for what promises to be a short but intense seven-week sitting that opposition parties say they fear is becoming a new and undem...

VICTORIA - Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West says community pressure is responsible for the provincial government's decision to speed up the reconstruction of an elementary school destroyed by fire almos...

MONTREAL - Montrealers joined many across the U.S. protesting the Trump administration on Saturday, with dozens gathering downtown in support of their neighbours down south. Nancy Chausow Shafer, an A...

VICTORIA - Forests Minister Ravi Parmar says it is "unacceptable" that Ottawa always steps up when it comes to supporting key sectors in Ontario and Quebec, but "continues to drop the ball" when it co...

WASHINGTON - Eric Poole walked down Washington's iconic Pennsylvania Avenue wearing a bright red shirt with the words: "Dear Canada, we hate him too." He was among huge crowds of people who filled the...

MONCTON - Former provincial cabinet minister Daniel Allain is the first candidate in the race for the leadership of New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative party. Allain announced his candidacy at an...

CHARLOTTETOWN - The RCMP says it will review allegations of Chinese foreign interference and money laundering in Prince Edward Island by two Buddhist groups. In a statement released late Friday, the M...

MEDICINE HAT - Linnsie Clark says she's ready for round two. The embattled mayor of Medicine Hat, a city of roughly 65,000 southeast of Calgary, has had a rough couple of years in politics but is seek...

MONTREAL - The CEO of a Montreal-based company that uses satellites to monitor methane emissions says interest in his technology continues to reach new heights, even as governments appear to be waveri...