Federal Politics

Nutrien’s decision to build U.S. export terminal made to meet potash demand

Agricultural product provider Nutrien's decision this week to build a US$1-billion potash export terminal in Longview, Washington, rather than in Canada was made to "meet rising demand for Saskatchewa...

Nov 23, 2025

Carney: Talks with Trump will resume ‘when it’s appropriate’

JOHANNESBURG - Prime Minister Mark Carney says he's not in a hurry to resume trade talks with U.S. President Donald Trump but will "speak to him again when it matters."Carney says he "doesn't have a b...

Nov 23, 2025

New legislation could expand First Nations status — here’s what you need to know

OTTAWA - Senators have passed sweeping amendments to a bill that would simplify the transfer of First Nations status between generations, but it's not clear yet if those changes will pass the House of...

Nov 22, 2025

Liberal budget clears Commons by two votes preventing winter election

The House of Commons has passed Prime Minister Mark Carney's first budget in a crucial vote that propped up the minority Liberal government and kept Canadians from heading back to the polls this winte...

Nov 18, 2025

Post-secondary schools brace for more pain as Ottawa cuts international student visas

OTTAWA - As provincial governments wait to hear details of Ottawa's new immigration targets, some are warning that coming cuts to the number of international student visas will put colleges and univer...

Nov 16, 2025

Gun control group warns of Liberal 'inaction' ahead of Polytechnique anniversary

A well-known gun control group is telling Prime Minister Mark Carney it would be "disingenuous and even hypocritical" for Liberal MPs to wear white ribbons to mark the anniversary of the Montreal mass...

Nov 15, 2025

Carney to announce latest batch of Major Project Office referrals today

Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Terrace, B.C., Thursday to announce the next batch of major projects the government is submitting for possible fast-track approval.A senior Ontario government source t...

Nov 13, 2025

Affordability gap leaves Liberal budget with middling reviews: Leger poll

OTTAWA - New polling suggests Canadians had a lukewarm response to the federal budget released last week - leading one pollster to argue all parties should think twice before mounting an election camp...

Nov 12, 2025

MP Rosemarie Falk calls new federal budget 'costly,' says it overlooks rural Sask.

Battlefords-Lloydminster-Meadow Lake MP Rosemarie Falk says the new federal budget will do little to make life more affordable for Canadians, calling it a "costly" plan that overlooks the realities of...

Nov 06, 2025

Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in US history, dies at 84

WASHINGTON (AP) - Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has di...

Nov 04, 2025