Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh brought a message of hope Thursday in his first speech following the NDP's exit from its supply and confidence deal with the minority Liberals, who portrayed his move as a bow t...

MONTREAL - One familiar face is conspicuously absent from a federal byelection campaign in Montreal that could have major implications for the Liberal government. As candidates embark on the home stre...

HALIFAX - Premier Tim Houston showed little interest in downplaying early election speculation as the Nova Scotia legislature opened for its fall sitting on Thursday. Nova Scotia doesn't have a legisl...

CALGARY - Alberta's government says it's pulling $1.53 billion in funding from a massive Calgary Green Line light rail transit project already deep in sunk costs. Premier Danielle Smith's United Conse...

Twenty-eight B.C. Liberals won seats in British Columbia's 2020 provincial election, making them the Official Opposition. Here's a look at their current status after the party, now known as BC United,...

MONTREAL - A Montreal lawyer who co-piloted a successful class-action lawsuit against the City of Montreal for racial profiling by police says what's most important is not the financial compensation b...

CALGARY - Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek says the city can no longer afford its long-sought Green Line light rail transit project after the Alberta government announced it's pulling funding from the plan ...

EDMONTON - The Alberta government says it has signed a new five-year governance agreement with the province's legal aid lawyers. It says the deal with Legal Aid Alberta and the Law Society of Alberta ...

OTTAWA - The NDP has pulled out of a confidence and supply agreement with the Liberals. What happens now? In March 2022, the Liberals and NDP penned a deal that would keep the minority government led ...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is looking at ways to increase monitoring and surveillance of garbage trucks and landfills following the slayings of four Indigenous women whose remains were dumped ...