Politics

VICTORIA — A British Columbia cabinet minister says she mistakenly dropped a memo to herself describing a "big and shiny" affordability measure that mysteriously ended up in the hands of the Opposition BC United party.

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — One of the busiest travel corridors between Canada and the United States reopened in the evening on American Thanksgiving after a deadly, high-speed crash destroyed a U.S.

Alberta's energy regulator ruled Thursday that it won't reconsider approvals for Suncor to expand an oilsands mine into a wetland once considered for environmental protection.

OTTAWA — Defence Minister Bill Blair says he is "absolutely committed" to ensuring budget cuts to his department don't affect Armed Forces members or their ability to respond to domestic emergencies, despite a recent report warning the military is no

OTTAWA — Conservative Sen. Don Plett apologized Thursday after two female senators accused him of physical intimidation and verbal harassment in the Senate chamber during debate on a carbon pricing bill earlier this month.

WINNIPEG — Métis leader Louis Riel will be recognized as Manitoba's honorary first premier if a bill put before the legislature Thursday is passed into law.

OTTAWA — After Tories voted against a bill that implements a Canada-Ukraine free trade agreement this week, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said on Thursday that his MPs are rejecting a bill that promotes carbon pricing — not voting against the

EDMONTON — Alberta's Opposition New Democrats are condemning another sole-source contract handed out to a close associate of the United Conservative Party government.

SURREY, B.C. — Surrey’s mayor says it’s "outrageous" that a sex offender who abducted and assaulted an 11-year-old girl in 2004 has been released in the city, which she says has more children per capita than anywhere in British Columbia.

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith won’t say what happened to her government’s promise to hold face-to-face meetings with citizens in December on quitting the Canada Pension Plan.