Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - A U.S. senator is calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to move quickly on repealing the digital services tax. "You all, to your credit, said you're not going to collect it. I asked that Cana...

OTTAWA - Unionized workers at Canada Post begin voting on the Crown corporation's latest contract offer on Monday. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is urging they reject the proposal. Canada Post ...

OTTAWA - AIDS activists are urging the federal government to quickly renew Canada's support for fighting infectious diseases abroad, warning delays will further hinder global efforts to combat key ill...

THOMPSON - Precipitation that's in the forecast early this week could help crews fighting wildfires that have been threatening a northern Manitoba city after smoke that's blanketed much of the Prairie...

INDUS - Wayne Foster spent much of his life chasing the horizon as a fighter pilot, but he could be facing his toughest battle yet: parting with the warbird he built by hand. At 88, Foster is selling ...

After 45 years in their Jasper home, it took mere minutes for Wes Bradford's quaint mountain abode to burn to a pile of ash. A year later, he and his wife are itching to rebuild. They've hired a contr...

OTTAWA - An independent assessment of the RCMP watchdog, prompted by an anonymous email from employees, uncovered concerns about favouritism, a lack of transparency, heavy workloads and "a toxic envir...

WASHINGTON, D. C. - Paula Callejas was trying to expand her swimsuit business in Florida after taking time off to take care of her ailing father in Canada before his death. Instead of celebrating the ...

EDMONTON - More than 100 candidates are vying to win the Aug. 18 byelection in the rural Alberta riding of Battle River-Crowfoot. Elections Canada's website shows that Tomas Szuchewycz with the Longes...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch Friday, a day after the newspaper published a story reporting on his...