Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - With the cost of living playing a central role in provincial elections across Canada and in the U.S. presidential race, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is set to unveil a pre-campaign policy plank f...

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says the province's new Legislative Assembly will gather for the first time in Regina on November 25. The fall sitting is expected to run for two weeks, which the provin...

CHARLOTTETOWN - Prince Edward Island's health authority is asking for the public's help in finding a some paper health records that were "carried off by strong winds." Health P.E.I. says a small numbe...

TORONTO - Ontario's plan to remove bike lanes on three major roads in Toronto will cost more than $48 million and likely lead to only minimally faster commutes for drivers, city staff say in a new rep...

DUBLIN - Former Rugby Canada chair Sally Dennis has been elected to World Rugby's executive board. The Vancouver lawyer received 28 votes from the World Rugby Council, ahead of Uruguay's Sebastian Pin...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party's sweep into power and securing their hold on U.S. government alongside President-elect Donald Trump...

WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump's promise to slap an across-the-board tariff of at least 10 per cent on all imports including from Canada is unlikely to apply to Canadian oil, energy experts...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has arrived in Lima, Peru, where he will attend the APEC summit before heading to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the G20. Both summits aim to improve the multilater...

OTTAWA - The rate at which Canadian rental prices are increasing should slow in the coming years as the government's plan to cut back immigration numbers takes hold, a new report from Desjardins says....

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's NDP and Liberal leaders attacked Progressive Conservative leader Tim Houston's claims of reviving the province's ailing health-care system, citing patient horror stories during...