Tag Archives: Politics

EDMONTON - The Alberta government wants to cut more than $400 million in the fees it pays to doctors, according to a confidential memo obtained by The Canadian Press. The Feb. 18 memo, sent by Alberta...

SASKATOON - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says workers at canola crushing plants in his province would be out of jobs should China move ahead with planned retaliatory tariffs on canola oil and meal. ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow restrictions on birthright citizenship to partly take effect while legal fights play out. In emergency applications file...

TORONTO - Health associations are urging governments to ensure Canadian patients don't get caught in the crossfire of the ongoing trade war with the U.S. "The announced tariffs on Canadian exports, al...

VANCOUVER - The federal government is providing nearly $157 million for eight electrical infrastructure projects across British Columbia. It says in a news release that the funding is being provided t...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt says it's unlikely the province will cut off the electricity NB Power supplies to northern Maine as the trade war with the United States drags on, but sh...

OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marc Miller is giving "lost Canadians" a chance to receive Canadian citizenship, while a judge has said there's not enough evidence on how this interim citizenship progra...

OTTAWA - Mark Carney will be sworn in officially as prime minister and reveal the makeup of his first cabinet Friday morning - a team one government source said will not include Jean-Yves Duclos. The ...

HALIFAX - A series of contentious Nova Scotia government bills - including one that would lift a ban on fracking and uranium mining - come before a legislature committee next week, and the province's ...

OTTAWA - Industry Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne directed his department on Wednesday to prioritize investments in projects that primarily use Canadian steel and aluminum - part of Ottawa's reply...