Tag Archives: Politics

Another man has been arrested in connection with a human smuggling operation that saw a migrant family freeze to death on the Canada-U.S. border near Emerson, Man. Fenil Patel was arrested Sept. 5 on ...

OTTAWA - The federal government is keeping the taxpayers' ombudsman in his role for another two years as Ottawa tries to get tax services in Canada back up to speed. Finance Minister Franois Philippe ...

OTTAWA - First Nations chiefs are warning Ottawa that any cuts to federal funding for their communities will only make it harder for them to move Ottawa's major projects agenda forward. Assembly of Fi...

HALIFAX - Since the school year began, Diana Caldern has spent most weekday afternoons driving her 14-year-old daughter to the Halifax junior high school she should be attending, timing their visits w...

OTTAWA - NDP MP and labour critic Alexandre Boulerice said Tuesday his party plans to table a private member's bill this fall to scrap a section of the Canada Labour Code that lets the government shut...

British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government is "counting" on the Nisga'a First Nation to help "increase the level of support" among other nations that opposed a massive liquefied natural ga...

WASHINGTON (AP) - After a late-night vote and last-minute ruling, the Federal Reserve began a key meeting on interest rate policy Tuesday with both a new Trump administration appointee and an official...

OTTAWA - Chrystia Freeland abruptly left Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet on Tuesday to take on a new role as Canada's special envoy for the reconstruction of Ukraine. Freeland's decision to step ...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government is violating procurement rules for nursing home beds and isn't properly monitoring care facilities under construction, says a new report from the province's audito...

OTTAWA - Justice Minister Sean Fraser said Tuesday he will introduce new hate crime legislation in the coming days, with reforms on bail and violent crime sentencing to follow. The legislation will go...