Tag Archives: Politics

VANCOUVER - TransLink is proposing a plan to improve its services, ease overcrowding and finish projects, but it will involve a fare hike and a tax increase for Metro Vancouver residents. The B.C. gov...

U.S. President Donald Trump has served up "special, derogatory" treatment for Canada in the latest salvo in his global trade war, British Columbia Premier David Eby said. Eby said Thursday that B.C.'s...

CHARLOTTETOWN - In the face of economic headwinds caused by American tariffs, the government of Prince Edward Island tabled a $3.5-billion budget Thursday, with a record projected deficit of nearly $1...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba politicians may soon be singing "O Canada" at the start of daily proceedings in the legislature. The Opposition Progressive Conservatives put forward the idea and it's being consid...

MONTREAL - Quebec doesn't have the capacity to take in more immigrants, Premier Franois Legault said Thursday amid a surge in the number of asylum seekers arriving at the province's border with the Un...

REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says one of his legislature members made "very, very inappropriate comments" by calling federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh a terrorist, as a national organization...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is putting up $13 million for a centre aimed at helping grain producers find new international trading partners. Cereals Canada, a national industry group, announced...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House passed one of Republicans' signature issues for the year on Thursday, approving legislation to require proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote for federal electi...

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans narrowly approved their budget framework Thursday, a political turnaround after Speaker Mike Johnson worked into the night to satisfy GOP holdouts who had refused t...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has confirmed an order for new first-degree murder trials for an Ontario woman and three others who were convicted in an attack on her parents. Jennifer Pan was se...