Tag Archives: Politics

A Federal Court ruling Tuesday has thrown out a decision from federal Environmental Minister Steven Guilbeault denying a permit for an open-pit coal mine in the Alberta Rockies. The ruling, which come...

OTTAWA - Members of Parliament have invited several top executives from BCE Inc. and Bell Canada to testify later this month about the company's decision to cut about nine per cent of its workforce th...

OTTAWA - A Federal Court judge says Ottawa must act swiftly to reduce a "critical" level of judicial vacancies as soon as possible. Justice Henry Brown issued a decision in a case brought by an Ottawa...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A West Virginia bill approved by the House of Delegates on Tuesday that limits counties from regulating agricultural operations is stoking fears that a logging company could r...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Less than a year after Tennessee Republicans attempted to expel her from the state House, Democrat Gloria Johnson is seeking another term there while simultaneously waging an u...

HALIFAX - Canada's fisheries minister says she wants to shut down this year's lucrative baby eel fishery with only weeks to go before the season opens in the Maritimes. But Diane Lebouthillier said Tu...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - When Jessie Schook shares the joyful news that she's pregnant with her first child, she says the response is often the same - especially among other female working professionals....

TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government said it will not launch an appeal after the province's highest court upheld a lower-court ruling that declared the public servant wage-cap law unconsti...

VANCOUVER - Communities across British Columbia needs to prepare for a climate-related health crisis like the deadly 2021 heat dome every year, according to the lead contributor to a report on health ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Former Rep. Alyce Clarke was the first Black woman elected to the Mississippi Legislature, and now she is the first Black person - and first woman - to have a portrait on display...