Tag Archives: Politics

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has dismissed a First Nation's bid to stop a tailings dam from being raised at the Mount Polley mine site, which suffered a catastrophic dam collapse that spilled mi...

A Yukon First Nation says it will oppose any new mining claims on its traditional territory as it begins a regional land-use planning process with the territory's government. The First Nation of Na-Ch...

TORONTO - The Public Health Agency of Canada says it expects to report more salmonella cases linked to certain brands of pistachios and pistachio-containing products in the coming months, adding to th...

OTTAWA - Canada is pushing to bring language recognizing the rights of Indigenous Peoples back into a United Nations plastics pollution treaty. Delegates from more than 170 countries are in Geneva thi...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says it's dealing with a growing number of immigration security screening requests - and immigration lawyers say their clients are coping with long ...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government has released its long-awaited plan to address the future transportation needs of Atlantic Canada's largest city and the surrounding area. Public Works Minister Fre...

HALIFAX - Sandra Walsh was struggling to breathe in her apartment when temperatures across Nova Scotia soared in July, but the woman on social assistance says her pleas for a government-funded air con...

OTTAWA - Schools and employers are linking Palestinian culture with terrorism and retaliating against people who are speaking out about the war in Gaza, a new report suggests. "Many Canadians have pai...

OTTAWA - The Conservatives are still bringing in more through donations than any other federal political party, but their fundraising has dropped since the spring election. The Tories raised just over...

THORNHILL - Ontario Premier Doug Ford says a court decision declaring his law to remove three Toronto bike lanes unconstitutional is the "most ridiculous" ruling he has ever seen. Ford has already sai...