Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is welcoming news of a ceasefire deal to pause the 15-month war in the Gaza Strip. He says he hopes the deal will "turn down the temperature" on tensions in Cana...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Education Minister Nello Altomare has died after a battle with cancer. Altomare, who was 61, worked as a school principal before being elected in 2019 to represent Winnipeg's Trans...

EDMONTON - Three Alberta disability advocacy groups say they're shocked and saddened after learning the provincial government plans to back out of their funding contracts more than a year early. "This...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government has taken another step toward fulfilling its promise to replace paper provincial health cards with plastic ones. The government has started accepting online applicat...

EDMONTON - Albertans convicted or accused of a crime can now be ordered to wear ankle bracelets that electronically track their movements. Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis says it gives courts a tool...

OTTAWA - The First Nations Child and Family Caring Society is calling on the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to force the federal government back to the negotiation table on national reforms to the chi...

HALIFAX - After a barrage of criticism over a plan to transfer baby eel quotas away from longtime licence holders, the federal Fisheries Department is delaying information sessions on the pilot projec...

OTTAWA - Canadian industry groups are calling on the government to protect businesses if U.S. president-elect Donald Trump goes ahead with his threat to impose tariffs on Canadian goods headed to the ...

WINNIPEG - One of the two candidates for the leadership of the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives is under fire over a social media post that referred to his opponent's Muslim faith. Wally Daudrich's ...

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister David McGuinty says Ottawa has added 60 new drones at the Canada-U.S. border and will deploy two new helicopters this week as it moves to ratchet up security. McGuinty ...