Tag Archives: Politics

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's budget is $1.2 billion in deficit, with cuts to the public service and community groups, as the province struggles with slowing population growth and a stagnating economy. Fina...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals accepted a Conservative proposal Monday to put guardrails around proposed new cabinet powers as they debated the government's omnibus budget bill. The finance committee t...

OTTAWA - The Canada-Ukraine Foundation has asked Ottawa to match donations to support humanitarian work in the country as the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion approaches. Executive d...

OTTAWA - Senators on the national security committee have approved the immigration measures outlined in the government's border bill, C-12, with no amendment, despite the Senate social affairs committ...

OTTAWA - Porter Airlines is resuming service to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, on Tuesday after suspending flights to the region due to widespread violence, following similar announcements by Air Canada, We...

Gather your tax slips and receipts because it's that time of the year. The 2025 tax-filing season officially kicks off on Monday. It will last a little over nine weeks, ending with the April 30 deadli...

HALIFAX - Becky Druhan, Nova Scotia's former justice minister who quit the governing Progressive Conservatives in the fall over differences with party leadership, hopes the session of the legislature ...

OTTAWA - The Conservatives plan to put a motion before the House of Commons on Tuesday aimed at reviewing health benefits provided to asylum seekers and restricting who has access to those services. T...

SAGUENAY - The Parti Qubcois has won a byelection in the riding of Chicoutimi, less than eight months before Quebec's next general election. Preliminary results showed PQ candidate Marie-Karlynn Lafla...

Canadian airports are warning travellers that NEXUS and Global Entry pre-clearance programs for U.S.-bound flights are suspended, with Vancouver's airport linking the news with a partial U.S. governme...