Tag Archives: Politics

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - An unusual advertising deal paid off for Newfoundland and Labrador as a small northern England soccer club wearing the province's name on their jerseys faced off Tuesday against one...

QUBEC - Franois Legault's Coalition Avenir Qubec government was forced on Wednesday to defend its $6.5-million subsidy to the Presidents Cup golf tournament amid criticism from opposition parties that...

EDMONTON - Increased Indigenous participation in Alberta's labour market could boost the province's GDP by between two and three percentage points, the equivalent of $8 billion to $11 billion annually...

OTTAWA - At least two Canadians have died in the escalating violence in Lebanon, as Israeli strikes kill Hezbollah militants along with civilians and children. Global Affairs Canada says it is aware o...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is extending the provincial fuel-tax holiday until the end of the year. It's the second time the government has extended the temporary tax break since introducing it...

HALIFAX - The working group examining support for Nova Scotia's wine industry has lost its co-chair, who resigned this week calling talks with the provincial government an "enormous disappointment." P...

SURREY, B.C. - New Democrat Leader David Eby says he will help more middle-class, first-time buyers into the housing market in British Columbia with a plan to finance 40 per cent of the price. Eby sai...

OTTAWA - The minority Liberal government survived a non-confidence vote in the House of Commons on Wednesday, but if the prime minister wants to avoid an election before Christmas the Bloc Qubcois sai...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia economist Lars Osberg's latest book on the widening gap between the very richest and the rest argues the trend is creating disappointed Canadians prone to distrusting one another...

OTTAWA - Canada's foreign ministry expressed alarm about its shrinking ability to counter foreign disinformation online due to limited access to data and the evolving tactics of adversaries, a newly r...