Tag Archives: Politics

WASHINGTON (AP) - Military officials are reviewing plans that would cut the number of U.S. troops deployed to the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba to handle detained migrants by as much as half, beca...

FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government has introduced a bill to terminate an "unfair" contract for private nursing services. Health Minister John Dornan told reporters Wednesday the legislation wo...

REGINA - The Saskatchewan Party government tabled its 2025-26 budget on Wednesday. Here are some highlights: - $12-million surplus predicted on total spending of $21 billion. - taxpayer-supported debt...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it is cancelling an incentive program meant to entice more homeowners to build secondary suites, saying the decision is "due to uncertain financial time...

VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia has banned Chinese AI tool DeepSeek's applications from being used or installed on university-owned devices and networks, citing "a high degree of privac...

MONTREAL - Street cleaning is a rite of spring in Montreal, after receding snow exposes months' worth of cigarette butts, dog waste, and other garbage. In a park east of downtown on Wednesday, city of...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's Liberal government wants to make it easier to move alcohol across provincial boundaries. The province on Wednesday introduced amendments to the Liquor Control Act that wo...

RICHMOND, B.C. - The federal government is providing about $20 million in funding to support British Columbia's forestry sector, part of Ottawa's effort to bolster the economy amid the Canada-U. S. tr...

TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford named a new cabinet Wednesday with many familiar faces to tackle the challenges that a trade war with the United States will bring, though he did shuffle his housin...

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly said Wednesday that China has executed four Canadians in recent months. The minister said all four were "dual citizens" and were all "facing charges linke...