Tag Archives: Politics

QUBEC - As the Coalition Avenir Qubec leadership race continues, both candidates seeking to succeed outgoing Quebec premier Franois Legault highlighted gender equality as a key issue, though their app...

HALIFAX - A floor of the Nova Scotia legislature is closed to the public following a week of rallies and demonstrations over grant cuts. Speaker of the House Danielle Barkhouse said public access woul...

TOKYO - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should be removed from the royal line of succession for his "deplorable" actions. Speaking to reporters in Tokyo, Carney says the act...

CALGARY - Alberta's government says a long-awaited passenger rail master plan is expected to be made public within weeks. Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen says with the plan complete, he's hopin...

VICTORIA - Two new police training sites have been approved in Vancouver and Victoria to address a surge in demand for recruits from communities across British Columbia. Public Safety Minister Nina Kr...

HALIFAX - Halifax high school student Teddie Rofe says the Nova Scotia government has just made a decision that will strip away some of her independence. Rofe, 17, is in Grade 11 and works part-time j...

The mother of a 12-year-old girl critically injured in the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., last month says her daughter's breathing tube has been removed as doctors check to see whether she can ...

EDMONTON - Ottawa and Alberta have reached a prospective deal that they say will see major projects be approved more efficiently. In a joint announcement Friday, the two governments said the deal will...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - The Florida Bar on Friday walked back what it said was an erroneous earlier statement its representatives had made indicating that it had an open investigation into Lindse...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Friday he is considering filling in part of Toronto's waterfront for a new convention centre. Ford has mused several times over the past week that the city needs more co...