Tag Archives: Politics

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's wait-list for public housing surpassed 8,000 people in June - a jump of about 1,200 people over an eight-month period, according to figures released Thursday by the Opposition ...

QUBEC - Mired in scandal and dismal polling numbers, Quebec Premier Franois Legault will shuffle his cabinet next week and prorogue the provincial legislature until the end of the month. In a statemen...

CONCEPTION BAY SOUTH - A town in eastern Newfoundland that was running out of water because of a leaking pipe has lifted a state of emergency. The emergency was declared Tuesday when officials in Conc...

VANCOUVER - Strike action by public service workers from the BC General Employees' Union entered its third day with pickets in front of a Vancouver building that houses a Ministry of Finance office, a...

GATINEAU - The Competition Bureau is seeking input from Canadians as it prepares to begin its review of competition in lending for small- and medium-sized businesses. The regulator is giving Canadians...

TORONTO - The head of a controversial right-wing American think tank dropped off the list of speakers who were set to brief Prime Minister Mark Carney and his cabinet behind closed doors Thursday. Kev...

TORONTO - Prime Minister Mark Carney and his cabinet will meet behind closed doors for a second day in a row today, as the Liberal government prepares for Parliament's return in a little under two wee...

The looming closure of an Ontario plant that bottles Crown Royal sparked political blowback this week, but a supply chain expert says the company behind the move faced pressing decisions on how to cut...

OTTAWA - NDP MP Jenny Kwan says she will ask Parliament to close a loophole that could allow the U.S. to purchase Canadian weapons for Israel, despite a ban on exporting various forms of arms to that ...

EDMONTON - An Alberta government order banning some books from school libraries doesn't appear to be deterring people from reading them, say managers at several bookstores. Kelly Dyer with Audreys Boo...