Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - Canadian negotiators at the United Nations plastic pollution treaty talks in South Korea said Thursday they are working "around the clock" to finalize an agreement, though the process has bee...

TORONTO - A tax holiday introduced by the federal government is throwing a bit of a wrench in Andy Thompson's Christmas shopping plans. The Fredericton mom of two was going to do most of her shopping ...

MERIGOMISH, N.S. - Federal food safety officials say they have confirmed the first case of dermo disease in oysters from Nova Scotia - the second confirmed case in Canada. The Canadian Food Inspection...

HALIFAX - The weak voter turnout in Nova Scotia's election is "shocking" but not a complete surprise, says a political scientist after almost 66,000 fewer voters cast ballots compared with the 2021 vo...

TORONTO - Premier Doug Ford's government will not support a New Democrat's bill to make the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation a statutory holiday in the province, the Indigenous affairs minist...

OTTAWA - Defence Minister Bill Blair says his department's future success depends upon building and strengthening relationships with Indigenous communities in a way that's consistent with reconciliati...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will weigh the constitutionality of legislation that limits members of a spy watchdog from using their parliamentary immunity to speak out. The top court's decisio...

TORONTO - The Canadian Federation of Independent Business is asking the federal government to compensate small businesses for the costs to implement the two-month long GST holiday. The organization wa...

With the legislature getting into its fall sitting and ministers digging into their new files, consultations are expected to start soon on the provincial government's change room policy. During the el...

OTTAWA - A Canadian soldier deployed to Europe has died of medical complications. The Canadian Armed Forces says Lt.-Col. Kent Miller was serving in Casteau, Belgium, when he died Monday. Read More: J...