Tag Archives: Politics

VANCOUVER - British Columbia property companies controlled by prominent developer Terry Hui are taking the federal government to court, claiming a tax bill of more than $91 million will jeopardize fut...

MONTREAL - The City of Montreal is changing its approach to unhoused people, promising to tolerate some homeless encampments instead of dismantling them. Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada unveiled the cit...

HALIFAX - A long-awaited economic study of the ferry service between Nova Scotia and Maine says the province's annual subsidy of about $20 million is worth the cost. Almost every ferry in the world re...

VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby has been served up a heap of criticism about his government's budget while attending a breakfast meeting of business leaders. Bridgitte Anderson, presiden...

OTTAWA - The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a set of President Donald Trump's tariffs in a landmark ruling Friday - but that decision didn't affect all duties on Canadian goods entering the United Sta...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government isn't sure how much it might save if referendum questions proposing restrictions to social services for some newcomers are approved in the fall. Smit...

VANCOUVER - The Competition Bureau says it has obtained a court order to expand its ongoing investigation into potential anti-competitive conduct in Canada's real estate sector to include Greater Vanc...

Premier Danielle Smith announced Thursday that a referendum will be held on Oct. 19 to ask Albertans about how they want the province to deal with immigration as well as the Constitution. She says it ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Democrats passed a new congressional map through the Virginia legislature on Friday that aims to help their party win four more seats in the national redistricting battle. It's a ...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotians are bracing for government spending cuts as Finance Minister John Lohr gets set to deliver his budget on Monday for the new fiscal year. Lohr said in December he had asked all ...