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OTTAWA -- The head of the federal Leaders' Debates Commission says the body should no longer be responsible for organizing post-debate press conferences and the rules for participating in the debates should be reviewed.
VICTORIA -- The Conservative Party of B.C. has released a statement from John Rustad saying he has resigned as leader.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney is planning to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at a FIFA World Cup event Friday in Washington, D.C.
QUEBEC -- The Quebec government will table a bill on Friday to ban vote-buying in political party leadership races.
VICTORIA -- A political analyst says John Rustad's disputed leadership of the B.C. Conservatives appears "unsustainable" after he refused to step down in the face of a caucus mutiny.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's transforming provincial health authority is in for another shakeup as it says its chief executive officer is on a leave of absence.
VICTORIA -- The British Columbia government is looking for ways to help a pulp mill closing on Vancouver Island, Premier David Eby said Wednesday, but logging the province's old-growth forests for pulp is not an option.
VICTORIA -- British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government is looking for ways to help a closing Vancouver Island pulp mill, but that harvesting the province's old-growth trees is not an option.
VICTORIA -- The B.C. Conservative Party says John Rustad has been "removed" as leader of the Opposition and a caucus vote has installed MLA Trevor Halford as interim leader.
SURREY -- The mayor of Surrey, B.C., says she won't support a provisional budget request for the city's police force, calling a $91-million increase in funding "extraordinarily excessive."
VICTORIA -- The British Columbia NDP caucus says legislator Joan Phillip is dealing with an illness that requires additional testing.
QUEBEC -- The Quebec government is planning to eliminate the equivalent of 5,000 full-time positions in the civil service by March 2027.
WINNIPEG -- Winnipeg's mayor is pushing forward to create a fourth emergency response service in the city that would respond to mental-health crises.
KELOWNA -- Police in two B.C. cities are warning area residents after a number of cases where fraudsters are texting potential victims telling them they need to pay their fines for speeding tickets.
QUEBEC -- The Quebec government has tabled a new bill to crack down on online ticket resales and to regulate subscription services.
KELOWNA -- Police in Kelowna are warning area residents after a number of cases where fraudsters are texting potential victims about paying fines from fake speeding tickets.
QUEBEC -- The leader of the Quebec Liberal Party has booted Marwah Rizqy from caucus, saying she has broken his trust.
QUEBEC -- The leader of the Quebec Liberal Party has booted Marwah Rizqy from caucus, saying she has broken his trust.
QUEBEC -- The leader of the Quebec Liberal Party has booted Marwah Rizqy from caucus, saying she has broken his trust.
OTTAWA -- Heritage Minister Marc Miller says his government needs to "sit down and start working now" on consultation with Indigenous communities and stakeholders about a possible new pipeline in B.C.
CALGARY -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her United Conservative Party isn't a separatist party.
FREDERICTON -- Gas price cuts that were set to come into effect in New Brunswick today have been cancelled by the province's energy and utilities board.
MONTREAL -- Polytechnique Montreal is expanding its scholarship program honouring the 14 women who were killed at the engineering school 36 years ago.
MONTREAL -- The mayor of Montreal is announcing new measures to help the city's homeless population survive the winter.
TORONTO -- Ontario's education minister has appointed himself as temporary supervisor as the province takes control of another school board.
BURNABY -- The BC General Employees Union says dairy milk testers in the province have started job action.
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says recall petitions against 14 of her caucus members have become a distraction from the "amazing" things her government is doing.
EDMONTON -- The petitioner seeking to have an Alberta cabinet minister removed as a legislator says he believes the politician broke election laws by publicizing his voting record.
OTTAWA -- The federal government ran a budgetary deficit of $16.1 billion for its April-to-September period.
VICTORIA -- The British Columbia government says it's now projecting an $11.2 billion deficit this fiscal year, still a record but down from a projected $11.6 billion in its last quarterly report.
OTTAWA -- Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault is resigning from Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet after Ottawa signed a memorandum of understanding with Alberta on a proposed new pipeline.
OTTAWA -- Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault is resigning from Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet after Ottawa signed a memorandum of understanding with Alberta on a proposed new pipeline.
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says he is disappointed with how the privately owned provincial utility responded to a cyberattack earlier this year.
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia's opposition parties are criticizing the government for failing to urgently apologize to Mi'kmaq and African Nova Scotian communities for the province's history of environmental racism.
CALGARY -- Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed Thursday a memorandum of understanding that includes shared goals on green technology and a new oil pipeline to the West Coast to reach groundbreaking markets in Asia. It also opens the door to changes to the coastal tanker ban.
VICTORIA -- British Columbia's energy minister says political talk of a pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific isn't the way to do business and leaks through the media should not be considered the government's way of engaging with First Nations over such a project.
VANCOUVER -- A second major proxy advisory service has recommended shareholders vote in favour of the deal to combine Teck Resources Ltd. and Anglo American plc.
ST. JOHN'S -- Newfoundland and Labrador's new premier is meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney.
VANCOUVER -- The iconic Vancouver waterfront fireworks festival that has been held for more than three decades has been cancelled indefinitely due to financial difficulties.
NEW WESTMINSTER -- A proposed class-action lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court says the provincial and federal governments had "long-standing" knowledge that unresolved Indigenous land claims threatened the security of property ownership in Canada.
OTTAWA -- The Canadian Centre For Ethics in Sport will changes its name to Sport Integrity Canada in January to reflect its increased responsibilities, says its board chair.
OTTAWA -- The Canadian Centre For Ethics in Sport will changes its name to Integrity Sport Canada in January to reflect its increased responsibilities, says its board chair.
VICTORIA -- British Columbia's public post-secondary institutions have seen a 70 per cent decline in international students, requiring the province to launch a review in a bid to stabilize the sector, the minister of post-secondary education said.
MONTREAL -- The Quebec government will table a new bill this week to strengthen secularism rules in the province, including a ban on prayer rooms in colleges and universities.
EDMONTON -- Elections Alberta says it has approved recall petitions against five more members of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus, bringing the total to 14.
TORONTO -- Ontario is set to table legislation today to strengthen dangerous driving laws in honour of a man who was killed by an alleged dangerous driver in the summer.
HALIFAX -- A farmers advocacy group says it plans to lobby the federal government for a guaranteed annual income of $50,000.
EDMONTON -- Nine Alberta legislature members with Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus are facing recall petitions from constituents.
HALIFAX -- A wind project in Guysborough County, N.S., involving the Membertou First Nation has passed the environmental review stage.
Conservative MPs slammed Prime Minister Mark Carney Monday over dismissive comments he made recently when asked about stalled trade talks with U.S. President Donald Trump. While taking questions from reporters in Johannesburg on Sunday, Carney was asked when he last spoke with Trump and replied, "Who cares?" "I look forward to speaking with the president soon, but I don't have...
OTTAWA -- Conservative MPs slammed Prime Minister Mark Carney Monday over dismissive comments he made recently when asked about stalled trade talks with U.S. President Donald Trump.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney's claim that Canada does not have a "feminist foreign policy" spilled into the political arena Monday, drawing both criticism and praise.
QUEBEC -- The left-wing Quebec solidaire party is reeling from the abrupt departure over the weekend of a legislature member who had been flirting with the Parti Quebecois.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney's claim that Canada does not have a "feminist foreign policy" spilled into the political arena Monday, drawing both criticism and praise.
QUEBEC -- One of four accused in an alleged anti-government plot to forcibly take control of land in the Quebec City area appeared briefly in court today and will return before a judge in the new year.
MONTREAL -- Quebec Liberal Leader Pablo Rodriguez is struggling to contain a crisis that has some questioning his ability to lead a provincial government.
OTTAWA -- Industry Minister Melanie Joly is jetting off to Asia for a five-day trip to meet with major companies and discuss Ottawa's hunger for attracting large investments into Canada's defence-related sectors.
HALIFAX -- Justice Minister Sean Fraser says without strong institutions holding political powers in check, democracy is weakened not just in Canada, but globally.
WHITEHORSE -- Currie Dixon has been sworn in as the Yukon's next premier.
MONTREAL -- Quebec Solidaire MNA Vincent Marissal announced today he would be leaving the party to sit as an independent until the next election.