Politics

OTTAWA — The federal government's new major projects office will launch this week, a key element in Ottawa's push to spur construction of new large-scale infrastructure, Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson said.

EDMONTON — Danielle Smith's Alberta Next panel in Fort McMurray Tuesday night drew more approval than pushback, and the premier insisted Ottawa is the rightful target of much of the criticism coming her way.

MONTRÉAL — Quebec's former minister of Cybersecurity and Digital Technology has told a public inquiry he knew the provincial auto insurance board's digital transition project was over budget in 2021.

CALEDON — Ontario's ban on American booze will remain until U.S. President Donald Trump removes tariffs on Canadian goods or when the two countries strike a new free trade deal — which could be a long time, Premier Doug Ford warned on Wednesday.

A Democrat has won a special election for an Iowa state Senate seat in a district that had been held by Republicans and had voted heavily for President Donald Trump in 2024, adding to the Democratic Party's hope that it can flip more seats during the

CALEDON — Construction on Highway 413 north of Toronto will begin within days, Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Democratic National Committee is seriously considering scrambling the party's 2028 presidential primary calendar.

ĀDAŽI — Prime Minister Mark Carney ended his defence-focused European trip on Wednesday by visiting Canadian troops in Latvia who are part of Canada's largest overseas deployment.

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Bill Pulte was nominated as the country's top housing regulator, he told senators that his “number one mission will be to strengthen and safeguard the housing finance system.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats were plunged into political crisis, especially splintered on immigration and border security , after their thorough defeat last year in an election in which President Donald Trump made hard-line immigration action a center