Politics

Kelvin Goertzen will become Manitoba's 23rd premier.

British Columbia needs a significant shift in how it treats people who use drugs, the province's chief coroner said on Tuesday, August 31, 2021, after releasing statistics showing 1,011 people died from suspected illicit overdoses from January to June.

In a season of daunting wildfires and flooding, the Biden administration is taking an initial step to assess how climate change could harm financial markets — planning to launch on Tuesday, August 31, 2021, a 75-day comment period on how the impacts could reshape the insurance sector.

Seven-year-old Jayda Watts-Simeon was bouncing up and down with excitement on Tuesday, August 31, 2021, at the chance to be back in school.

Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin’s lawyers are citing Health Minister Patty Hajdu’s statements during a television interview in May in their fight to prove their client’s removal as head of Canada’s vaccine distribution campaign constituted improper political interference.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau faced broadsides for his government's efforts to make housing affordable and his handling of the economy that contracted just ahead of the election call.

The three main party leaders are staying central for Day 18 of the federal election campaign.

Alberta's Canadian Energy Centre appears ready to be vocal again, planning a new campaign to "change perceptions" about the province's oil and gas industry and build what it's calling a social movement in its support.

The Liberals, NDP and Greens all aim to build on Canada’s climate efforts. They want to increase both ambition and action — and one party, the Conservatives, wants to go backward, write Clean Energy Canada's Merran Smith and Sarah Petrevan.

Canada’s National Observer asked federal NDP environment and climate change critic Laurel Collins about key issues in the upcoming federal election, and how Canada can respond to the climate crisis.

If Canadian voters genuinely care about climate change, they’ll do themselves a favour and put O’Toole’s plan in the trash can — before he gets a chance to do it himself, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

The Liberal Party is promising, if re-elected, to require the oil and gas industry to curb its greenhouse gas emissions at a pace and scale needed to meet net-zero emissions by 2050, but experts and environmentalists want details before getting their hopes up.

Ottawa is pinning its hopes on the Kabul airport soon reopening as thousands of people with links to Canada found themselves stranded in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan on Tuesday following the overnight withdrawal of all American soldiers from the country.

Liberals and Conservatives took aim at each other's candidates on Monday, August 30, 2021, questioning past statements and actions to build a character case about why they, and not their opponent, should be trusted to govern after election day.

A new poll suggests the Conservatives and NDP have momentum heading into the second half of the federal election campaign, while the Liberals are bleeding support.