VICTORIA - Here are some highlights from British Columbia's 2026 budget, which Finance Minister Brenda Bailey says involves "serious work for serious times." It includes a tax increase on the lowest i...
The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2026
VICTORIA - British Columbia's budget is hurting the young, the old and cancer patients alike as government construction undergoes what the government says is a "re-pacing" to address fiscal pressures....
The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2026
HALIFAX - Rev. Jesse Jackson left a lasting impact on Nova Scotia, say leaders of the African Nova Scotian community, and was considered like an extended family member to those he met during a visit t...
The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2026
WASHINGTON - Canada's new top diplomat in Washington presented his credentials to U.S. President Donald Trump Tuesday, officially taking on the role of ambassador to the United States at a turbulent m...
The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2026
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Tuesday Ontario MP Jamil Jivani does not speak for the party after Jivani told a right-wing U.S. news site that Canada is harming itself with an "ant...
The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2026
OTTAWA - Longtime CBC News parliamentary bureau chief and Carleton University journalism professor Elly Alboim, who died last week at age 78, is being remembered for his lasting mark on politics and f...
The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2026
A video posted to social media this week claimed to show people at an Ontario winter festival calling for "deportations." The video of torchbearers marching during the festival is real, but the chanti...
The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2026
TERREBONNE - Residents of the Montreal-area federal riding of Terrebonne said Tuesday that every vote in an election should count, following a recent Supreme Court decision that forced their MP to vac...
The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2026
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled Canada's first-ever defence industrial strategy Tuesday in Montreal. It seeks to boost Canadian defence exports by 50 per cent within a decade. The $6.6-bi...
The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2026
The B.C. Labour Relations Board has found online retail giant Amazon violated the province's labour code by giving workers at most of its facilities scheduled pay increases, but leaving out unionized ...
The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2026