Tag Archives: Politics

TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government is weakening recycling rules that are set to kick in next year, though not by quite as much as it initially proposed. It's part of a transition the pro...

OTTAWA - Nigel Wright, a longtime Canadian businessman and former top aide to prime minister Stephen Harper, has died. Onex, the private equity firm where Wright worked for nearly three decades, annou...

TORONTO - Allison Russell says the swift public outcry to Jimmy Kimmel's suspension has given her hope that people will continue to fight for free speech. The Montreal folk singer and songwriter, who'...

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that a federal government shutdown is "likely," with Congress deadlocked ahead of a midnight deadline to pass legislation to keep it running. "Not...

EDMONTON - The executive director of Premier Danielle Smith's office says he's sorry for publicly calling for a high school student to be spanked. Bruce McAllister's social media apology Tuesday came ...

OTTAWA - With the prospect of public service cuts looming over the capital, an Ottawa economic development agency is making a pitch for federal help to grow out the local defence industry and turn it ...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says if teachers follow through on a provincewide strike Monday, her government will provide families backstop money and a do-it-yourself curriculum guide so ...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says Imperial Oil's "very disappointing" plan to lay off roughly 20 per cent of its workforce by 2027 reinforces the need to build more pipelines. Smith is blaming Ottaw...

ST. JOHN'S - The City of St. John's has rescheduled its municipal election by several days because of the strike at Canada Post. Officials said in a news release Monday the vote will take place on Oct...

WINNIPEG - Police are investigating a fire that broke out early Tuesday morning at the constituency office of Manitoba Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine. The blaze came roughly one week after windows...