Tag Archives: Politics

MONTREAL - Quebecers support a ban on public prayer more than anywhere else in the country, says a new poll published this week. The Leger poll surveyed Canadians across the country after the Quebec g...

Ben Mulroney is taking the reins of Global News' political affairs program, "The West Block." Global News says Mulroney will serve as interim host while Ottawa bureau chief Mercedes Stephenson takes p...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri's Republican-led House turned aside Democratic objections Tuesday and passed a plan backed by President Donald Trump to redraw the state's congressional districts s...

Job action affecting public service workers in British Columbia has entered its second week. Here are five things you need to know about the dispute. WHAT'S BEHIND THE JOB ACTION? The BC General Emplo...

Picket lines by British Columbia's public service employees are expanding to 22 sites involving more than 4,000 workers in an escalation of their labour dispute with the province. Among the new picket...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's decision to hold his first big caucus retreat in Edmonton this week is sending a signal to the country that he's taking direction from Canadians, rather than dict...

TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford wants municipalities to get rid of automated speed cameras - or else he will. Over the last few days, 17 automated speed cameras were cut down in Toronto, part of a...

QUBEC - One of the Quebec ministers who oversaw an auto insurance board project that incurred major cost overruns says he will be shuffled out of cabinet. Franois Bonnardel, now public security minist...

The mayor of Barrie, Ont., declared a state of emergency over homeless encampments in the city Tuesday, citing concerns about public safety as a justification for the decision. Alex Nuttall said in th...

OTTAWA - As the political debate over immigration heats up again, a group that works to support newcomers says immigrants need a sense of both belonging and optimism to convince them to stay. The Inst...