Tag Archives: Politics

QUBEC - Pressure is mounting on Quebec's justice minister to formally abandon plans to enshrine abortion rights in the government's proposed constitution, with critics saying the province risks openin...

OTTAWA - Ottawa is now well into its overhaul of defence procurement and will soon give the agency at the centre of its strategy more authority to ramp up the domestic defence sector and rearm the mil...

VICTORIA - British Columbia health care workers unlawfully accessed highly sensitive personal information on victims of Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day festival attack mostly out of "curiosity," the provinc...

OTTAWA - The federal government is bringing law enforcement and financial institutions together to fight extortion operations targeting Canadian businesses and households. Finance Minister Franois-Phi...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government is putting nine questions to a provincewide referendum on Oct. 19, including proposals to restrict social services from some immigrants. One ques...

Staring down a record deficit of $1.3 billion, the New Brunswick government has warned that virtually every service and program risks facing cuts in next month's budget. For the government to continue...

VICTORIA - British Columbia Jobs Minister Ravi Kahlon says he will be meeting with federal Defence Minister David McGuinty to discuss shipbuilding in B.C. among other possibilities following the relea...

WASHINGTON - The minister in charge of Canada-U.S. trade said he will be sitting down with U.S. President Donald Trump's trade czar in the coming weeks to discuss the looming review of the Canada-U.S....

Newly acclaimed Quebec Liberal Leader Charles Milliard says he won't reinstate Marwah Rizqy in his party's caucus. Rizqy was booted from caucus in the fall by the party's former leader, Pablo Rodrigue...

VANCOUVER - Technical Safety BC says a cracked component in a gondola system at Kicking Horse Mountain ski resort was one of "several abnormal conditions" that led to a cabin falling to the ground las...