Tag Archives: Politics

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government has announced a $300,000 pilot program to help people buy local. Development Minister Colton LeBlanc says that with the looming trade war with the United States it...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear constitutional challenges of the no-fly regime from two men who were prevented from boarding flights in Vancouver. The federal government is responsi...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will review a lower court ruling that said New Brunswick's lieutenant-governor doesn't need to be bilingual. In 2019, the federal government appointed Brenda Murph...

Osoyoos Mayor Sue McKortoff likens the situation facing the scenic B.C. community just a few kilometres from the U.S. border to that of her own family. She said she's been asked recently how she deals...

A new documentary makes the case that a change in Canada's immigration policy more than 50 years ago has fuelled the country's current boom in NBA players. "Inbound," a short film on how Prime Ministe...

EDMONTON - Alberta's finances, tied for generations to the steep peaks and sharp valleys of oil and gas prices, are once again plunging deep into deficit, with no immediate relief in sight. Finance Mi...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba's latest plan to reduce homelessness has seen the project's first person moved from an encampment into housing, says an adviser. Tessa Blaikie Whitecloud, the former head of the ch...

As Ontarians head to the polls in a rare winter election, disability advocates say additional barriers created by snowy and icy conditions could have been avoided and are calling on the province to ma...

Ontario's snap election is today. Here's what you need to know about casting a ballot. WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE? Residents of Ontario who are Canadian citizens and 18 or older can vote. WHAT DO I NEED ...

TORONTO - Doug Ford's Progressive Conservatives chugged to a third majority government Thursday, propelled by his visible crusade against economic uncertainty emanating from the U.S., though falling s...