Tag Archives: Federal Politics

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...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is hinting at a potential breakthrough with the federal government on a carbon tax. Pallister says federal and provincial senior officials have been in cons...

OTTAWA - The ghosts of Indigenous protests past have hovered over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as his government struggles to bring a peaceful end to blockades that have disrupted traffic o...

MEDICINE HAT, AB - In a bold manifesto asserting many grievances in Alberta, Medicine Hat MP Glen Motz joined three other MPs from the province Thursday in signing their names to the Buffalo Declarati...

Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia:   The Conservatives have put a motion of no-confidence in the government on the House of...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in talks over the weekend with federal cabinet ministers as protesters opposed to a pipeline project in British Columbia continued to halt train service acro...

OTTAWA - Toronto lawyer Leslyn Lewis is running for leadership of the federal Conservative party. Her campaign says she was officially accepted into the race this week, after submitting the requi...

CALGARY - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the federal government is launching a new set of consultations with Indigenous groups that will determine if and how they might take part in ownership...

CALGARY - Alberta's environment minister says the province is not interested in any federal handout if Ottawa rejects the proposed Frontier oilsands mine. A Reuters report, citing unidentified sources...

WASHINGTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Saskatchewan's Scott Moe say they see signs that tensions in their relationship with Ottawa are beginning to ease. The two premiers are part of a delegati...