Federal Politics

Report says why PMO wanted former Supreme Court judges to advise on SNC-Lavalin

OTTAWA - After months of unrelenting news coverage, hours of oral testimony and reams of written submissions to a House of Commons committee on the SNC-Lavalin affair, the federal ethic...

Aug 15, 2019

Alberta, Saskatchewan say they have no plans to put carbon tax stickers on pumps

EDMONTON - Carbon-tax-fighting governments in Alberta and Saskatchewan say they have no plans to follow Ontario's lead and force gas stations to put anti-carbon tax stickers on their pumps.Ontario's P...

Aug 14, 2019 Submitted photo/ CKOM News

Alberta, Saskatchewan say they have no plans to put anti-carbon tax stickers on pumps

EDMONTON - Carbon-tax-fighting governments in Alberta and Saskatchewan say they have no plans to follow Ontario's lead and force gas stations to put anti-carbon tax stickers on their pu...

Aug 14, 2019

Scheer excoriates Trudeau, calls on RCMP to investigate SNC-Lavalin affair

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says there's now more than enough evidence of misconduct by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the SNC-Lavalin affair to warrant an investigation by the RCMP.S...

Aug 14, 2019 (File photo/ Canadian Press)

NewsAlert: Trudeau breached Conflict of Interest Act, says ethics commissioner

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau violated the Conflict of Interest Act by improperly pressuring former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to halt the criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin, Cana...

Aug 14, 2019

NewsAlert: Trudeau breached Conflict of Interest Act, says ethics commissioner

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau violated the Conflict of Interest Act by improperly pressuring former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to halt the criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin, Cana...

Aug 14, 2019

Kenney takes aim at Trudeau directly ahead of fall federal election

OTTAWA - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is taking aim at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ahead of this fall's federal election. Kenney, a former federal Conservative cabinet minister, took to Twitter over...

Aug 05, 2019

Municipal leaders weigh in on bridge toll issue

The question of whether to put in place a toll on the Diefenbaker Bridge has got people talking.Recently the City of Prince Albert announced plans to look into implementing a fee for those who use the...

Jul 24, 2019 The idea of charging a toll on the Diefenbaker Bridge has prompted much debate among the public and politicians. (File photo/paNOW Staff)

KCDA receives $975,000 to develop non-timber forest sector

The minister of science and sport was in Air Ronge today to announce $975,000 in funding for Keewatin Community Development Association (KCDA). The funding will be used to scale-up and increase the pr...

Jul 24, 2019 Boreal Heartland Forest Products in Air Ronge sells a number of non-timber forest products. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

North of 60 agreement heads to mediation

The finalization of a nearly 20-year-old land claim dispute involving land in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, has hit another snag, with mediators now moving in to help assist. Those talks have...

Jul 22, 2019 First Nations leaders at a protest in Ottawa last June. (submitted photo/ Prince Albert Grand Council)