Tag Archives: Politics

REGINA - It was a day of jerseys, anthems and elbows up at the Saskatchewan legislature Thursday, with the Opposition NDP accusing Premier Scott Moe of going soft on a motion to condemn the U.S. trade...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department, advancing a campaign promise to take apart an agency that's be...

OTTAWA - Former prime minister Stephen Harper told a conference in India last month that he doesn't "entirely understand" why Canada has such a poor relationship with India, and suggested the Liberal ...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government outlined major spending increases on capital projects and a mix of tax measures in its annual budget tabled Thursday. Here are some highlights: - Capital spending wi...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from Social Security systems that hold personal data on millions of Americ...

HALIFAX - The federal government will join New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in spending a total of $650 million on protecting the Chignecto Isthmus, the narrow strip of flood-prone land that links the tw...

MONTREAL - Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, co-spokesperson of the left-wing Qubec solidaire party who rose to prominence during the 2012 student strike, is stepping down from the party's leadership team. Fight...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government is responding to critics by amending key parts of its legislative agenda, including its bill to eliminate interprovincial trade barriers. Changes to the trade bill...

OTTAWA - A major federal union says it's worried about a plan to eliminate more than 300 positions at Canada's Translation Bureau. In a news release, the Canadian Association of Professional Employees...

EDMONTON - Prime Minister Mark Carney joined the Edmonton Oilers on the ice Thursday as the NHL team prepared for a game against the Western Conference-leading Winnipeg Jets. Carney was sworn in as th...