Tag Archives: Politics

EDMONTON - Two of southern Alberta's largest First Nations have asked the federal government to step into an environmental review of a coal mine proposed for the Rocky Mountains. In a letter to federa...

ATLANTA - Former President Jimmy Carter declared his opposition Tuesday to a slate of restrictive voting proposals moving through his native Georgia's General Assembly, saying he is "disheartened, sad...

BILLINGS, Mont. - The Biden administration said Tuesday that it will deliver an interim report on its suspension of oil and gas sales from federal lands and waters by summer, but officials declined to...

IQALUIT - Nunavut health officials say some COVID-19 restrictions will be lifted in Arviat on Wednesday, more than 110 days after the community went into lock down. The territory's chief public health...

EDMONTON - Alberta's finance minister says taxpayers won't be on the hook for much more beyond $1.3 billion already committed to the defunct Keystone XL oil pipeline. "Our total exposure is just under...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday he's not eager for a debate over the future of the monarchy in the wake of allegations of racism at Buckingham Palace. Accusations from Prince Harry...

WASHINGTON - Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has formally approved an extension of the National Guard deployment at the U.S. Capitol for about two more months as possible threats of violence remain, th...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada has been warned of manufacturing problems plaguing the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The viral vector vaccine developed by J&J's subsidiary, Jan...

Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard says he will table his third budget on March 25. Girard told reporters today the budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year will also include an accounting change sought by...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 6:30 p.m. The number of daily COVID-19 variants of concern has jumped in British Columbia by 182 cases, for a total 576 cases, m...