Tag Archives: Politics

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is defending her province's minimum wage as it is once again set to become the lowest in Canada. Minimum wage hikes will kick in Wednesday in Ontario, Manitoba...

QUBEC - In an attempt to revive his party's political fortunes, Quebec Premier Franois Legault has outlined what he calls a "new economic vision" for the province. During an inaugural speech Tuesday i...

VANCOUVER - The union representing 34,000 public sector workers in British Columbia says members of other unions will join a rally in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday to show they are "not backing down...

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 ...