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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 4, 2025 7:04 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two Halifax residents say the city’s mayor is being investigated for an alleged breach of municipal code of conduct rules. The residents say Andy Fillmore made misleading comments when he told the CBC earlier this summer that the chief administrative officer holds the real power at city hall. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Peter Linfield s...

As the Carney government prepares to release its list of major projects it is prepared to fast-track to completion, new internal government polling done earlier this summer under the supervision of the prime minister’s office shows that Canadians overwhelmingly support projects that build up hydroelectric generation and transmission, highway system upgrades, and improved port infrastructure. A majority of Canadians also support new oil pipelines, building liquefied natural gas terminals and installing offshore wind turbines — though there are some significant regional variations when it comes to support for those kinds of projects, according to those internal polls, copies of which were obtained by Global News through access-to-information requests.Since last spring’s election, Prime Minis...

The Ontario government says it hasn’t made any decisions about removing Crown Royal from the shelves of the province’s liquor stores, despite a dramatic display of dissatisfaction from Premier Doug Ford. On Tuesday, Ford ended a news conference by pouring out a bottle of the Canadian whisky, after its parent company, Diageo, announced it would shutter a plant in Amherstburg, Ont.“They’re hurting the people that work at Crown Royal,” Ford said.“So, you know something? A message to the CEO in France: You hurt my people. I’m going to hurt you. You’re going to feel the pain in February when these people don’t have a paycheque.”As calls mounted for the premier to back his actions with concrete policy proposals, the Ford government said it wouldn’t be removing Crown Royal from the shelves of the...

The countrywide push for major projects won’t happen without First Nations at the table, the Assembly of First Nations warned government and industry Wednesday, as its annual summer gathering began in Winnipeg. “We can all agree on this, that progress cannot come at the cost of our rights, our treaties or our responsibilities to the land,” Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Kyra Wilson said.“Anything that we do in this country will not be at the expense of our lands, our waters and our resources. For generations, decisions have been made without us, while the impacts fall on our nations and our families.”The assembly is expected to focus heavily on the federal government’s major projects legislation, as it’s the first time all chiefs have gathered since the bill passed in June.The law...

By Craig Lord and Catherine Morrison The Canadian Press Posted September 3, 2025 3:50 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Mark Carney has appointed Jason Jacques to a six-month term as the interim parliamentary budget officer. Jacques is already the office’s director general of economic and fiscal analysis. He officially starts his brief term on Wednesday.The parliamentary budget officer is an agent of Parliament who provides independent economic and financial analysis to the Senate and House of Commons.Jacques is steeped in public sector experience, with stints at the Privy Coun...