Tag Archives: Federal Politics

Editors note: This story was edited on Tuesday, Dec. 17 at 8:45 a.m. battlefordsNOW mistakingly referred to Battlefords Bait and Tackle as a firearms dealer. That information is incorrect. The store s...

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has resigned from cabinet, the day she is set to present the fall economic statement. In a resignation letter, she says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offere...

As a two-month break from the federal GST took effect Saturday, shoppers and businesses expressed lukewarm support for the measure.In Montreal, Patrick Neault, general manager of Raffin Bookstore, sai...

With Donald Trump as president, the U.S. has an open strategy of creating economic uncertainty in other countries to discourage investment "anywhere other than the United States," Finance Minister Chr...

OTTAWA - Federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon says he is "calling a timeout" in the Canada Post strike, and asking the Canada Industrial Relations Board to send about 55,000 employees back to work...

Full disbursement of cows and plows payments will likely be coming within the next six weeks. That's according to Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) Chief Tammy Cook-Searson, who explained Minister of C...

Bernadette McIntyre has been appointed Saskatchewan's 24th lieutenant-governor.McIntyre was Wascana Centre Authority CEO, has held senior positions with SGI and served on dozens of boards of directors...

A drone used to transport drugs into Saskatchewan Penitentiary, was observed carrying a package by way of a tow rope.That's according to Saskatchewan RCMP who noted that as a result of their investiga...

OTTAWA - A surprise tactical move by the NDP forced a debate in the House of Commons on abortion access this morning sidelining a Conservative motion designed to use NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh's own wor...

OTTAWA - The Assembly of First Nations special chiefs assembly continues today, with child welfare expected to be one of the main agenda items. Nine resolutions are dedicated to reforming the First Na...