Tag Archives: Politics

EDMONTON - The organization representing Alberta's cities, towns and villages says a bill that would grant the province sweeping new powers over local governments is creating an atmosphere of fear. Ty...

CALGARY - The Alberta government has announced a master plan aimed at increasing passenger rail service in the province. But at this point it could be decades if and when the finished product comes to...

OTTAWA - Legislation to create a new oversight body tracking Canada's reconciliation efforts has passed a final vote in Parliament. The House of Commons unanimously agreed to adopt a final version of ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills said Monday she will allow one of a final pair of gun safety bills - a waiting period for gun purchases - to become law without her signature i...

QUEBEC - The co-spokesperson of Quebec's second-largest opposition party has resigned only months into the job. milise Lessard-Therrien says the four months she spent as the public face of Qubec solid...

OTTAWA - India has summoned Canada's envoy in New Delhi following a large Sikh rally in Toronto attended by all three major federal party leaders. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined Conservative Lea...

REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says the Canada Revenue Agency plans to audit the province for not paying carbon levies on home heating. Moe says the agency has indicated it will look at Saska...

Several Republican state attorneys general are challenging a federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the nation's schools by banning blanket policies that bar tr...

OTTAWA - The commander of the Canadian Armed Forces Space Division says gaining awareness of what's going on outside our planet is one of his top priorities. Brig.-Gen. Michael Adamson made the commen...

OTTAWA - A federal inquiry into foreign interference has yet to present its initial report, but the Liberal government is already advancing plans to overhaul a suite of national security laws and proc...