Tag Archives: Federal Politics

UPDATE: The Bill has since been approved by the Senate and has received Royal Assent from the Governor General. ---OTTAWA - The House of Commons has passed emergency legislation to free up $82 billion...

OTTAWA - The House of Commons sits today to deal with an emergency bill to spend billions of dollars to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and cushion some of its economic harms. The opposition parties have ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pointing to tomorrow's legislative bailout package as a way to help renters affected by COVID-19. The Liberals are asking the opposition parties and Senate to...

OTTAWA - Asylum seekers crossing into Canada on foot from the U.S. will be turned back as part of the border shutdown between the two countries. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement hou...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is confirming that the Canada-U.S. border will be closed "by mutual consent" to non-essential traffic. Trump, who disclosed the news on Twitter, says trade will not...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced new restrictions in an effort to suppress the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis.Trudeau announced Canada is denying people who aren't Canadian citizens or...

NANAIMO - It appears to be only a matter of time before shoppers in Nanaimo won't have the option to carry their goods away in plastic bags.Nanaimo councillors unanimously endorsed on Monday a motion ...

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests Canadians weren't happy with Justin Trudeau's handling of the natural-gas pipeline dispute in British Columbia that led to nationwide ra...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has created a new cabinet committee to deal with the novel coronavirus outbreak, which began in China but now has spread around the world. The COVID-19 cabinet c...

OTTAWA - National protests sparked by the opposition of some Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs to a pipeline project in B.C. are also sparking debate in Conservative circles about the part...