Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - The federal government is lashing out at the U.S. Commerce Department over plans to raise duties on Canadian softwood lumber. International Trade Minister Mary Ng says the U.S. has signalled ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Louisiana Legislature's redrawn congressional map giving the state a second mostly Black district is being challenged by 12 self-described "non-African American" voters in a new...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's provincial health officer says there are serious concerns among clinicians over diversion of drugs from the province's safer supply programs, but there's a lack of evide...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The Republican-led but closely divided New Hampshire House rejected three abortion bills Thursday, refusing to either further restrict or protect reproductive rights. Current stat...

TORONTO - The municipal staff who administer the child-care system across Ontario are telling Education Minister Stephen Lecce that an $85.5-million cut to their budgets puts the success of the $10-a-...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Donald Trump's political operation amassed about $130 million in the final months of last year but after spending heavily, headed into 2024 with more than $42 millio...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has announced changes to rules surrounding transgender youth. Policies include requiring parental consent for children 15 and under who want to change their names or pro...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Four years after South Carolina removed the Confederate battle flag from its Statehouse grounds, Nikki Haley offered two separate explanations of the flag's meaning in less than ...

VANCOUVER - Access to the Port of Vancouver has been restored after dozens of protesters with Palestinian flags and banners set up blockades at two entry points this morning. An email from senior comm...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Disney on Thursday appealed a judge's dismissal of its free speech lawsuit over what it described as Gov. Ron DeSantis' retaliatory takeover of Walt Disney World's governing distr...