Tag Archives: Politics

WINNIPEG - Crews are continuing to battle a wildfire in northwest Manitoba that has forced the evacuation of some 550 residents. Earl Simmons, the province's wildfire director, says the blaze near Cra...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Recreational marijuana could be available for sale in Ohio by mid-June, after new licensing rules for dispensaries cleared a key legislative hurdle Monday. Adult-use sales have b...

CALGARY - The petition effort to recall Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek has officially failed. The city clerk says the petition collected fewer than 70,000 signatures, well short of the 514,000 needed unde...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Impassioned supporters and opponents of a far-reaching Equal Rights Amendment to the Minnesota Constitution flocked to the State Capitol ahead of crucial votes aimed at putting ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Republicans said Monday that the state Senate would vote to override up to 36 of the governor's vetoes, including a bill to fight PFAS pollution - moves that Democrats derided as ...

OTTAWA - Artificial intelligence will have an impact on the Canadian labour force, a parliamentary committee recently heard, and MPs are suggesting ways the federal government can better prepare. Witn...

OTTAWA - A two-day summit in Winnipeg on Tuesday and Wednesday will hear from Indigenous leaders across the country on how they're reacting to - and can come together to fix - what they call Indigenou...

NEW YORK (AP) - Once Donald Trump's loyal attorney and fixer, Michael Cohen pointed the finger at his former boss Monday in pivotal testimony about hush money payments at the center of the first crimi...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - As North Carolina's public university system considers a vote on changing its diversity policy, the system's flagship university board voted Monday to cut funding for diversity pr...

NEW YORK - With Donald Trump barred from publicly attacking the key witness in his hush money trial, his campaign brought to court a phalanx of Republican elected officials to speak for him. "The thin...