Tag Archives: Politics

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston announced a cabinet shuffle Friday, appointing Tim Halman as finance minister and deputy premier. In a brief statement, Houston said Halman will retain the en...

The Saskatchewan provincial election is just around the corner. Voters who want to cast an early ballot have until the end of Saturday to do so. READ MORE: Sask. candidates share superstitions, strate...

OTTAWA - The federal government is giving Canada Post the ability to store and transport restricted firearms in new regulations that bring the retail gun buyback program one step closer to beginning. ...

OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marc Miller says Canada's long-held consensus on immigration is under threat, but has not disappeared. On Thursday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced plans to slash...

Elections BC said late Friday that several hundred ballots remain uncounted in the tightest undecided races after the province's nail-biting vote last weekend. The NDP is ahead of the B.C. Conservativ...

WASHINGTON - If Canadians could vote in the U.S. election, a majority would choose to send Kamala Harris to the White House. In a new survey from polling firm Leger, 64 per cent of Canadian respondent...

Yukon's government says the territory recorded a non-consolidated deficit of more than $42 million, an almost $91-million swing from the original forecast of a surplus of $48-million. A government sta...

MOOSE JAW, Sask. - Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe says he would welcome a discussion with federal partners on tackling homelessness if re-elected as premier on Monday. Federal Housing Minister Se...

VICTORIA - Two Green Party legislators could hold the balance of power in British Columbia after Saturday's provincial election gave neither the NDP nor the B.C. Conservatives a majority of seats afte...

OTTAWA - Participants in a federal public inquiry are calling on Ottawa to take bolder action against foreign interference by making effective use of legal tools, closing loopholes and fostering publi...