Tag Archives: Politics

Halifax spent more than $33,000 this month dismantling and cleaning up three encampments that had previously been authorized by the municipality for homeless people - money advocates say would have be...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Southern Illinois congressman Mike Bost has won the Republican nomination for the state's 12th Congressional District despite a challenge from the right in former state Sen. D...

OTTAWA - Canada is missing a pivotal moment to fight a rollback of LGBTQ+ rights abroad, activists say, and they're urging the Liberal government to put more action behind its condemnation of homophob...

OTTAWA - On what would have been Brian Mulroney's 85th birthday, his family gathered in a ballroom just across the street from Parliament Hill to greet a steady stream of mourners and well-wishers. "M...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is looking for ways to improve policing services provided under contract by the RCMP across Canada - eyeing everything from overall cost and sustainability to stronger ...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A protest Wednesday that descended into a chaotic confrontation between mounted police officers and fishers outside the Newfoundland and Labrador legislature halted the provincial g...

REGINA - The Saskatchewan government is promising big-ticket spending on health, education and communities along with no tax hikes and a $273-million deficit. Finance Minister Donna Harpauer introduce...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A 62-year-old Ontario woman says her brother has died in northern Gaza after weeks spent searching for food and refuge while he waited for word from the federal government about whe...

Legislators in at least two U.S. states are citing a recent decision in England to restrict gender transitions for young people as support for their own related proposals. They weren't the first to tu...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Warnings about deepfakes and disinformation fueled by artificial intelligence. Concerns about campaigns and candidates using social media to spread lies about elections. Fears that t...