Politics

CALGARY — Alberta's energy minister says the government will not draw on the public purse to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells. “We will not put public tax dollars into cleaning up wells,” Brian Jean told reporters Tuesday.

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — The Forest Practices Board says the British Columbia government "did not follow the law" when it approved range use plans that near the Halfway River First Nation's watershed and at its culturally significant sites.

The stakes are high for the United States on and off the soccer pitch with all three of the other teams at the CONCACAF Nations League Finals. U.S.

OTTAWA — Former foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy wants Canada to mount a campaign with like-minded countries to stop eastern European allies from leaving a treaty he helped broker that bans the use of anti-personnel landmines.

NEW YORK (AP) — Vice President JD Vance has been tapped to serve as a top fundraiser at the Republican National Committee in another sign that he is cementing his status as the torchbearer of President Donald Trump 's “Make America Great Again” movem

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate its scientific research office and could fire more than 1,000 scientists and other employees who help provide the scientific foundation for rules safeguarding human health and e

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government plans to expand the province's human rights code to cover gender expression.

REGINA — Saskatchewan’s finance minister says more details are coming Wednesday as the province introduces a 2025 budget facing a vise-squeeze from both China and the United States.

FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government tabled a $14.3-billion budget Tuesday that has been driven deep into deficit by a promised increase in health-care funding and a contingency fund to deal with U.S. tariff threats.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Finance Minister René Legacy has tabled the province's budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year, which includes measures to help workers and businesses affected by U.S. tariff threats.