Tag Archives: Politics

Convenience store firms that operate thousands of outlets across Canada are taking the federal government to court to overturn regulations that restrict the sale of nicotine pouches to pharmacies. Mac...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is threatening another legal challenge against Ottawa's environmental assessment law, a move federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is dismissing as a...

WINNIPEG - The federal government says it's making progress on a pilot program for an alert system that would inform the public when an Indigenous woman or girl is missing. The federal and Manitoba go...

MEADOW LAKE, Sask. - First Nations leaders say the pride two Saskatchewan courthouse staff felt on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation turned to shame after they were told to change out of t...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden had terse words for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday, and said he didn't know whether the Israeli leader was holding up a peace deal in order to influe...

OTTAWA - NDP House leader Peter Julian said there's more work his party wants to get done in the House of Commons before the next election, despite how chaotic the first weeks of the fall sitting have...

REGINA - Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe say if re-elected his party would increase and reintroduce a pair of tax credits designed to help current and prospective homeowners. Moe says the First-Ti...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's Liberal party is promising to open a community health clinic in Woodstock, N.B., if the party wins the Oct. 21 election. Liberal Leader Susan Holt made the announcement F...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government says it has a $25-million deal with aerospace giant Airbus for four new helicopters to fight wildfires. The deal was signed last winter but Tory Rushton, natural r...

WASHINGTON (AP) - America's employers added a surprisingly strong 254,000 jobs in September, easing concerns about a weakening labor market and suggesting that the pace of hiring is still solid enough...