Tag Archives: Politics

ST. JOHN'S - The Newfoundland and Labrador government is delaying its plan to balance the books for another year, with a new budget forecasting a $372-million deficit as the province navigates uncerta...

ST. JOHN'S - Newfoundland and Labrador's Memorial University has lifted a ban on the singing of the "Ode to Newfoundland" at convocation ceremonies. The ban was imposed in 2022 as the university's sen...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government has issued funding proposals to the province's 10 universities, which have until the end of next week to sign on, says an official with the Department of Advanced ...

TORONTO - Ontario is proposing to more than triple the number of mayors who have so-called strong mayor powers, looking to add 169 municipalities to the list. The powers, which critics decry as undemo...

OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Mark Carney took his promise of making Canada an "energy superpower" to the heart of Canada's oil industry Wednesday, becoming the second party leader in three days to promise ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is running for the U.S. Senate in a primary challenge against Republican Sen. John Cornyn, setting up what is likely to become one of the GOP's m...

EDMONTON - The Alberta United Conservative government introduced two bills Tuesday to reduce the self-policing powers of elected public school boards and municipal councils. One bill, if passed, would...

OTTAWA - The leaders of the top three federal parties were campaigning Tuesday in Western Canada, where Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre promised to crack down on offshore tax loopholes by appoint...

EDMONTON - Health Minister Adriana LaGrange says Alberta's measles outbreak isn't dire enough for the province's top public health doctor to address the public, despite mounting calls for the governme...

A British Columbia woman could not find her very ill spouse for three months after her loved one was detained by provincial authorities. The province's human rights commissioner said it's one example ...