Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - Former cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault says he will not run again in the upcoming election. The Liberal party had confirmed Boissonnault as a candidate in Edmonton Centre, a riding he won...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government expects new designs of a long-promised flood prevention project will be completed later this year after the province asked the federal government to pause environmen...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government's plan to balance the budget in two years will require tighter spending restraint - something the Opposition Progressive Conservatives say is unrealistic. The provin...

TORONTO - Elections Ontario says the results have now been certified in two ridings that were subject to judicial recounts in last month's provincial election. On election night, the unofficial result...

MONTREAL - If the four main federal political parties want to take part in the TVA network's head-to-head French-language debate in the upcoming election campaign, they will have to shell out $75,000 ...

A day after threatening a national unity crisis, Premier Danielle Smith says she would strike a panel to poll Albertans on what to do if her list of demands is ignored. Smith, facing repeated question...

EDMONTON - The mayor of Alberta's capital city, who climbed the ladder of success from bus driver to government minister, says he's been asked to return to the Liberal party as a member of Parliament....

OTTAWA - Canadians may be keeping their "elbows up" as the U.S. pursues its trade war, but the main federal party leaders are dropping the gloves as an election call inches closer. Prime Minister Mark...

CALGARY - Western Canadian business groups have outlined their wish list ahead of an expected federal election call this weekend. Councils in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba jointly released ...

Mayors of several Canadian border cities and towns are calling for support from the federal government as the tariff war with the United States starts to hurt their communities, warning of dire econom...