Tag Archives: Politics

Within days, Susan Holt could become the next premier of New Brunswick - and the first woman ever to lead the province. The latest opinion surveys suggest a tight election race between Holt's Liberals...

VANCOUVER - Environment Canada is warning of an incoming atmospheric river weather system that will bring "prolonged heavy rain" to British Columbia's south coast this election weekend. It says the "f...

REGINA - Saskatchewan's two main political leaders hammered each other Wednesday on health care, crime and the economy in their first and only debate in the lead-up to the Oct. 28 provincial election....

WINNIPEG - After a lengthy review, Manitoba's NDP government has halted a plan hatched by the former Progressive Conservative government to build new schools in partnership with the private sector. Tr...

ATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia judge has declared that seven new election rules recently passed by the State Election Board are "illegal, unconstitutional and void." Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thoma...

The Alberta government says long-term care and supportive living programs will no longer be under the purview of the provincial Health Ministry. Instead, Seniors and Social Services Minister Jason Nix...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is looking to change some of the rules governing municipal zoning bylaws to speed up development. A bill before the legislature would increase the minimum number of ...

RICHMOND - An Independent election candidate in Richmond, B.C., says her campaign volunteers were subjected to racist insults from a passerby who called them "trash" and abused them for speaking Manda...

TORONTO - Even from her native Australia, Cate Blanchett has long felt a connection to Winnipeg filmmaker Guy Maddin's quirky, singular films. The Oscar-winning actress admires the way the Manitoban a...

OTTAWA - The Canada Revenue Agency says it has terminated 330 employees for inappropriately receiving the Canada Emergency Response Benefit during the pandemic, giving its final update on an internal ...