Tag Archives: Politics

HALIFAX - Academics and students told a Nova Scotia legislature committee Tuesday that a bill giving the government more control over the province's 10 universities is a case of overreach that could t...

OTTAWA - The annual rate of inflation accelerated sharply to 2.6 per cent in February as the federal government's temporary tax break came to an end mid-month, Statistics Canada said Tuesday. That mar...

IQALUIT - Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday that Ottawa will expand the Canadian Armed Forces' presence in the Arctic and turn to Australia's over-the-horizon radar tech to monitor threats from ...

FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government tabled a $14.3-billion budget Tuesday that has been driven deep into deficit by a promised increase in health-care funding and a contingency fund to deal wit...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba NDP has won a provincial byelection to hold onto the east Winnipeg riding of Transcona. The byelection was held to fill the seat formerly held by Nello Altomare, the Manitoba e...

VANCOUVER - Immigration lawyers say the case of a Vancouver woman detained in the United States over a denied visa is a warning to other Canadians that it's no longer business as usual when crossing t...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia is setting annual rate increases for electricity for the next two years in response to rising demand for power along with economic uncertainty stemming from actions south ...

OTTAWA - Former prime minister Brian Mulroney will be featured on a stamp as part of Canada Post's 2025 lineup. Mulroney, who died last year, served as prime minister from 1984 to 1993. Canada Post sa...

WINNIPEG - A second set of remains found in a Winnipeg-area landfill have been identified as belonging to a slain First Nations woman who was murdered in 2022 by a convicted serial killer. Manitoba RC...

REGINA - As Saskatchewan's politicians return to the legislature this week, the Opposition NDP says it will push Premier Scott Moe to get tougher on U.S. President Donald Trump. NDP Leader Carla Beck ...