Tag Archives: Politics

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is expected to use more "revenue levers," similar to its recent income and property tax changes, as part of its plan to reduce the deficit, a credit-rating agency re...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia physicians and other sexual health experts who are calling on the provincial government to fund birth control and increase access to an HIV-prevention medication say the move wou...

REGINA - About 7,000 people in and around La Ronge, Sask., will be allowed to return home on Thursday after the lifting of a wildfire evacuation order, the director of the local emergency operation ce...

OTTAWA - Canada's new minister of artificial intelligence said Tuesday he'll put less emphasis on AI regulation and more on finding ways to harness the technology's economic benefits. In his first spe...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government is promising to maintain a university tuition hike for out-of-province students despite a court ruling that found the existing policy is not justified. "We are stickin...

OTTAWA - Chief Justice Richard Wagner says the rule of law and judicial independence are "under attack" in many countries around the world - but Canadians have reasons to be optimistic. Wagner was ask...

OTTAWA - The United States condemned Canada and four other countries on Tuesday for imposing sanctions on two Israeli cabinet ministers. Canada joined the U.K., Norway, Australia and New Zealand on Tu...

BRUSSELS (AP) - The European Union wants to lower a cap on the price of Russian oil to deprive the Kremlin of extra profits to fund its war in Ukraine as part of a new raft of sanctions aimed at forci...

OTTAWA - The federal government has moved slowly to reduce its office space, a new report by Canada's auditor general said Tuesday. The report said that while Public Services and Procurement Canada ha...

OTTAWA - Ottawa's efforts to prepare the country for the impacts of climate change have stumbled out of the gate, Canada's environment commissioner said Tuesday. In a new report, Jerry DeMarco conclud...