Tag Archives: Politics

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's premier is defending his government's record $1.2-billion deficit, saying he is focused on growing the economy and making major investments in health care. When asked if Nova S...

WINNIPEG - Dozens of people from a small northern Manitoba town are heading home for the first time since wildfires forced them out two months ago. The province says more than 160 residents of Leaf Ra...

Last week, the government of Alberta said it plans to add mandatory citizenship markers to driver's licences and other forms of identification. Premier Danielle Smith said the move would "ensure that ...

REGINA - Saskatchewan's government is hoping the Supreme Court of Canada will quickly hear its appeal to a ruling on the province's school pronoun law, citing the legal case as one of national importa...

WINNIPEG - Police are investigating recent damage at the constituency offices of two Manitoba cabinet ministers in adjacent Winnipeg neighbourhoods. There have been four reports of fires since the sta...

EDMONTON - A judge has recommended Alberta keep cribs on hand for families who need one after a baby was smothered to death in his sleep. Provincial court Justice Marilena Carminati says in a fatality...

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) - After a two-week trial, a jury took just two hours Tuesday to convict Ryan Routh of trying to assassinate Donald Trump on a Florida golf course last year, a plot that was undo...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is directing her municipal affairs minister to review local spending decisions - including how much elected municipal officials get paid. A mandate letter fro...

TORONTO - Jimmy Kimmel returned to late-night television Tuesday with some supportive words for musical guest Sarah McLachlan. The host and comedian welcomed the Halifax-born performer on his first sh...

BURNABY - Striking British Columbia public service workers have furthered job action, with the union announcing another 10 sites across five cities now behind picket lines. The latest escalation by th...