Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - Canada says Egypt will soon stop requiring cumbersome visas for Canadian tourists nearly a year after Cairo imposed the measure on Canadian passport holders. Last October, Egypt suspended Can...

ST. STEPHEN, N.B. - New Brunswick's Liberals are pledging to overhaul the way the province recruits health professionals should the party win the Oct. 21 provincial election. Leader Susan Holt, campai...

EDMONTON - A transgender Albertan says it would be a slap in the face if Premier Danielle Smith allows back into the government caucus a member who once compared transgender children to feces. Victori...

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault accused Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre of catering to his "rich friends" in the oil and gas sector by pushing a policy to scrap carbon pricing. Gu...

HALIFAX - A candidate for Halifax mayor says the municipality's approach to homeless encampments has encouraged unhoused people from across the country to move to the city to live in tents - a claim h...

China rolled out a raft of measures Tuesday aimed at countering a prolonged downturn in its property market that is weighing on the world's second largest economy. The chief of China's central bank sa...

OTTAWA - A federal inquiry into foreign interference is slated to hear today from parliamentary security officials including House of Commons sergeant-at-arms Patrick McDonell. The testimony could she...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's minority government is expected to face its first serious test this week since the NDP withdrew from an agreement to support the Liberals. Conservative Leader ...

NEW YORK - U.S. President Joe Biden reflected on the motivation behind his decision to step away from politics and sent a message of unity to global leaders gathered at a time of increasing division a...

Mike Goetz has added bill collector to his list of responsibilities as mayor of Merritt in British Columbia's Interior. In June, Goetz sent the province an invoice for $103,831.87, the cost, he said, ...