Tag Archives: Politics

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government declared a provincewide state of emergency Thursday for the second time this year, as renewed wildfires forced thousands more out of northern communities. With the l...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says he wishes his government's $1.35 million partnership with home-sharing platform Happipad had resulted in more than just 60 leases over two years. Respond...

In an age of endless remakes and superhero fatigue, Nathan Fillion says he isn't sure the world needs another Superman movie. But he's certain it needs what the new one represents. "I think all the Su...

EDMONTON - Alberta's education minister says sexually explicit content must be gone from school library shelves as of Oct. 1, but the move is not about book banning. Demetrios Nicolaides says the anno...

TORONTO - Several dozen First Nations in Ontario called for the resignation of the province's environment minister Wednesday after he asked the federal government to not reintroduce a bill that would ...

OTTAWA - A Chinese maker of surveillance camera systems says the national security review process that led the federal government to order it to shut down its Canadian operations was unfair. Hikvision...

QUBEC - The Quebec government has reassigned the president and CEO of the province's auto insurance board. ric Ducharme's dismissal from the top job was confirmed by a government source who was not au...

TORONTO - An Ontario court has dismissed the province's attempt to appeal a court order that temporarily stopped it from ripping up three major Toronto bike lanes. Cycling advocates say the court's de...

WASHINGTON - Six Republican lawmakers have sent a letter to Canada's ambassador calling for action on the wildfires sending smoke billowing across the international border into their states. In a Tues...

HALIFAX - A new report says Halifax has some of the highest child care costs among major Canadian cities, a finding that advocates say risks forcing Nova Scotians - particularly women - out of the wor...