Tag Archives: Politics

MONTREAL - The Quebec Liberals have acclaimed 46-year-old Charles Milliard as their new leader, forgoing the need for a second leadership race in less than one year. With no other candidate accepted b...

CALGARY - Alberta's government is spending $143 million to dispatch about 1,400 extra teachers and educational assistants to support students in strained elementary school classrooms across the provin...

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she has not signed a petition currently gathering signatures for a referendum to pull the province out of Confederation. Smith said at an unrelated announ...

VICTORIA - There was no red carpet, no band or the usual 15-gun salute for British Columbia Lt.-Gov. Wendy Cocchia when she entered the legislature Thursday to read the speech from the throne. Instead...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Analilia Mejia, a longtime progressive organizer allied with Sen. Bernie Sanders, has emerged victorious in a crowded Democratic primary in the special election to fill the U.S. H...

OTTAWA - The mother of the shooter in the Tumbler Ridge, B.C., killings once posted a photo on Facebook of several long guns in a cabinet with the caption, "Think it's time to take them out for some t...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's minister for addictions and mental health says he has not reached out to the First Nation community that announced this week it would declare a state of emergency over a crisis...

OTTAWA - Federal public health officials say a freezer door was left open at the national emergency stockpile in December 2024, causing the loss of $20 million worth of medication. Officials from the ...

OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Lena Diab says changes to the refugee status claim process proposed in Bill C-12 are "better for the applicants" even as multiple organizations are heavily critical of th...

WINNIPEG - Former Winnipeg mayor Sam Katz faced questions at a public inquiry Thursday about money he received from a contractor leading a major construction project that ran over budget. The inquiry ...