Tag Archives: Politics

EDMONTON - Alberta's health minister says the province has "a bit of strain" in neonatal intensive care unit capacity but that there are beds available across the province. Health Minister Adriana LaG...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday affirmed a lower court's decision to order New Jersey Democrats scrap a ballot design widely viewed as helping candidates with establishment ba...

OTTAWA - A senior Quebec Liberal MP says he deplores the tone taken by the leader of the Parti Qubcois, who referenced "deportations and executions" of francophones to justify the party's push for ind...

TORONTO - The federal budget tabled on Tuesday introduced $53 billion in new spending, but not everyone got what they were looking for. Here's a look at some of the measures not included in the Libera...

OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland announced tweaks to Ottawa's new dental-care plan Wednesday in a bid to get more dentists, hygienists and oral-health care providers to participate. Dental and hy...

A new disability benefit that was supposed to be a historic move to lift people out of poverty turned out to be a disappointment in the federal budget, advocates say. "My heart breaks for people who a...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A leader like Bob Graham would be a unicorn in the hyper-partisan politics of today. The former Florida governor and U.S. senator wasn't a slick, slogan-spouting politician. H...

BURNABY, B.C. - The officer in charge when police in Surrey, B.C., killed a hostage taker and the woman he was holding says he believes he did everything possible to save her. RCMP Insp. Blair White t...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The future of diversity, equity and inclusion staff jobs in North Carolina's public university system could be at stake after a five-person committee swiftly voted to repeal a key...

McALLEN, Texas (AP) - A humanitarian organization in northeastern Mexico said it did not create flyers urging migrants to vote for President Joe Biden that were filmed at its shelter in a viral video ...