Politics

The federal New Democrats are kicking off a three-day caucus retreat today, January 18, 2023, with a keynote speech from Leader Jagmeet Singh.

The world is in a “sorry state" because of myriad “interlinked” challenges including climate change and Russia's war in Ukraine that are “piling up like cars in a chain reaction crash,” the U.N. chief said at the World Economic Forum's meeting on Wednesday, January 18, 2023.

The fight is not over to find records that could answer "hard questions" about unmarked graves at Canada's residential schools, including who the missing children were and how they died, said the woman appointed to work with Indigenous communities in searches underway across the country.

Canada is sending another 200 armoured vehicles to help with the defence of Ukraine, Defence Minister Anita Anand announced during a surprise visit to the embattled country on Wednesday, January 18, 2023.

Is the federal government planning to phase out hundreds of thousands of jobs in Alberta (and millions across the country) through its "just transition" act? Of course not. But that's not what Alberta's premier and pundits would have us believe.

As Canadians struggle to afford essential goods and services, the spoils of inflation are ending up largely in corporate profits, particularly in the oil, gas and mining industries, a new analysis reveals.

Alberta Environment is investigating how a family's water well near a gravel mine became so contaminated by lead it's no longer drinkable.

Mining companies with projects in the North say more federal support is needed following the release of Canada's new critical minerals strategy, while some environmental advocates are wary of the potential impacts. 

The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says it is dismayed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not visit the First Nation where a child’s bone was found at a former residential school site.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is looking "carefully" and "quickly" at a letter Canada's premiers sent him last week that called for reforms to the country's bail system. 

The European Union pushed forward on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, with a major clean tech industrial plan which not only should keep the continent in the vanguard of plotting a greener future but also guarantee its economic survival as it faces challenges from China and the United States.

Justin Trudeau pressed Saskatchewan's government on its record for clean energy projects after Premier Scott Moe expressed disappointment he was not made aware of the prime minister's visit to a rare earth elements processing plant.