Tag Archives: Politics

VICTORIA - British Columbia's public service workers are escalating job action aimed at slowing work in the mining sector just as the province moves to fast-track several projects. The BC General Empl...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump formally extended the deadline to keep the social media app TikTok available in the United States until Dec. 16, giving time to complete the framework of the d...

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne says the government will table the federal budget on Nov. 4. The long-awaited spending plan will be the federal Liberals' first under Prime Ministe...

PROVO, Utah (AP) - Prosecutors brought a murder charge on Tuesday against the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk and outlined evidence including a text message confession to his partner and a n...

The mayor of Richmond, B.C., won't be seeking re-election next year after 25 years in the role, saying there are upcoming issues that will require leadership and hard work. Malcolm Brodie said in a st...

OTTAWA - Conservative MP James Bezan tabled a bill on Tuesday seeking to reform Ottawa's sanctions regime to target immediate family members of human rights abusers and tackle transnational repression...

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...