Tag Archives: Politics

TORONTO - Former federal cabinet member Navdeep Bains has entered the Ontario Liberal leadership race. Bains worked as a science and industry minister in Justin Trudeau's government before leaving pol...

VANCOUVER - The City of Vancouver has issued a human rights plan for the FIFA World Cup that begins next month, saying people who are homeless will still be able to shelter in parks overnight, but str...

SHERBROOKE - Quebec Premier Christine Frchette announced on Monday she's permanently removing provincial sales tax from some grocery and pharmacy items, as part of what she called a "bouquet" of measu...

TORONTO - When Katheron Intson was trying to drum up cash for her Canadian drone manufacturing company last year, only investors from south of the border expressed interest. "I would have thought that...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's premier says his government is about to start negotiations with the first company that could frack for natural gas since the province lifted a decade-long ban on the practice. ...

WINNIPEG - The negative effects social media has on children and youth's mental and physical health is outweighing other health concerns like substance use and injuries prompting some Manitoba doctors...

TORONTO - Ontario cabinet minister Caroline Mulroney announced Monday that she is resigning, looking to step away from elected politics after eight years in senior portfolios in the provincial governm...

OTTAWA - India's Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal says Prime Minister Mark Carney's recent visit to his country paved the way for a complete overhaul of the Canada-India relationship. Goyal...

TORONTO - Ontario Provincial Police are set to launch a website next year that will name high-risk offenders, the solicitor general said Monday as he introduced his annual omnibus justice bill. The le...

OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence says it has confirmed that a previously unidentified grave in France for a Canadian First World War soldier belongs to Sgt. Norman McLennan. The headstone a...