Category Archives: Canada

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick politician Greg Thompson, who served in both the provincial and federal cabinets - including time as minister of Veterans Affairs - has died at the age of 72.  Thompso...

OTTAWA - Chambers of commerce from Canada's biggest cities will release a campaign wish list today urging political parties to commit to establishing national data-governance ...

OTTAWA - A group with roots in the oil and gas industry is encouraging women to talk about politics this fall, even if they hold widely different views. The non-profit organization, called Canada Powe...

Six stories in the news for Monday, Sept. 9 --- POST DORIAN CLEANUP A MASSIVE TASK Post-tropical storm Dorian may have departed Atlantic Canada but the scars it inflicted across the region w...

HALIFAX - Canadian soldiers armed with chainsaws fanned out across the Halifax area on Monday to help clean up the tangled mess of fallen trees and power lines left behind by post-...

Six stories in the news for Wednesday, Sept. 11 --- FEDERAL ELECTION TO BEGIN TODAY Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kicks off his bid for re-election today, heading to Rideau Hall this mo...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kicks off his bid for re-election today, heading to Rideau Hall this morning to ask the Governor General to dissolve Parliament. With that will begin a 40-day ca...

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau's Liberals and Andrew Scheer's Conservatives were running neck-and-neck during warm-up laps for the start of the 40-day federal election campaign, a new poll suggests...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister genuinely appears to have little interest in being well-liked on a personal level. The Progressive Conservative Leader, who won a second majority government...

WINNIPEG - 8:00 p.m. CDT The polls have closed in the Manitoba election with Brian Pallister and his Progressive Conservatives hoping they've done enough to sell voters on giv...