Tag Archives: Politics

The federal government's decision to halt Ontario's plan for a major expansion of Billy Bishop airport will guard Toronto's waterfront against serious setbacks to its revitalization, advocates say - w...

MONS - A Canadian intern at NATO has been arrested on suspicions of espionage. Belgium's Federal Prosecutor's Office said it launched an espionage investigation after NATO's security services tipped o...

BANGOR, Maine (AP) - Former state lawmaker and logger Troy Jackson secured the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Maine on Saturday and will face longtime GOP Sen. Susan Collins in November in a...

OTTAWA - The federal government says it received more than 21,000 emails on proposed changes to how major projects are reviewed and will spend the coming weeks combing over those submissions. A window...

OTTAWA - Advocates for people with episodic disabilities say they don't understand why the federal government has two different definitions of disability in law - and uses the narrower version to deci...

TORONTO - The federal government has rejected Ontario's plan to expand Toronto's Billy Bishop airport to accommodate jets on a longer runway. Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon said public consultati...

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration says it's hitting Canada and dozens of other countries with double-digit tariffs because they're not doing enough to fight forced labour - but not everyone is con...

WINDSOR - A Canada-only ceremony took place Friday to mark the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge as the Liberal government faced more questions about a new revenue-sharing deal with the ...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is exempting a utility company that plans to expand its liquefied natural gas plant in Metro Vancouver, allowing the $2-billion investment to move ahead. Ene...

OTTAWA - The governments of Canada and the United Arab Emirates say they have concluded negotiations on a free trade agreement. International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu told a press conference in T...