3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (489+ words) TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford made several changes to his cabinet Thursday, including adding an artificial intelligence portfolio and moving embattled minister David Piccini from labour to infrastructure. Piccini is under investigation by the integrity commissioner after the auditor general…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (321+ words) PRINCE GEORGE — The B.C. Conservatives are sounding the alarm after Statistics Canada reported the province lost 26,000 full-time jobs in August, while unemployment rose to 6.5 per cent. Although the labour force survey showed a gain of more than 20,000 part-time positions, overall…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (734+ words) OTTAWA — Newly elected Liberal MP Daniel Gobeil says his experience as a dairy farmer and agricultural leader will help him be a voice in Ottawa for a Quebec region on the front lines of the Canada-U.S. trade war. The…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (544+ words) VICTORIA — The ongoing turmoil within the B.C. Conservative Party is creating a political opening for competing centre-right movements, with both Centre BC leader Mike Bernier and Independent MLA Peter Milobar making the case that they represent the future alternative to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (626+ words) PRINCE GEORGE – Another MLA has left the B.C. Conservative caucus, and a former deputy premier says regular British Columbians are the ones affected. Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA Á’a:líya Warbus said Monday she is leaving the caucus to become an Independent....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (215+ words) VICTORIA – The turmoil within the BC Conservative Party has deepened once again, with Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA Áʼa꞉líya Warbus announcing she is leaving the party caucus to sit as an Independent. Warbus also referenced a caucus meeting that had been…...

2+ week, 17+ hour ago   (237+ words) A third candidate has entered the byelection in British Columbia’s Abbotsford-Mission riding where the leader of the provincial Conservatives is trying to win a seat. The CentreBC party, which is not represented in the legislature, announced Lakhwinder Jhaj as its…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (226+ words) MONTREAL — Quebec’s political parties are rolling out a wide range of promises on the third day of the provincial election campaign, from immigration and public transit to taxes and home care. Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon pledges to cut…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (759+ words) QUÉBEC — While the impacts of immigration reforms have been a hot political issue in Quebec in recent years, voters are still waiting for the political parties to unveil how they plan to address the issue in their election campaign platforms....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (660+ words) VANCOUVER — On Tuesday morning, B.C. Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay acknowledged that more legislators could be poised to leave her caucus. Less than three hours later, she was proved right, as Rosalyn Bird, a former caucus whip, became the third Conservative…...