Tag Archives: Politics

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The candidates for Virginia's lieutenant governor are set to make history after Sen. Ghazala Hashmi won the Democratic nomination for the position on Wednesday. Hashmi is the firs...

KANANASKIS - Prime Minister Mark Carney is heading home to Ottawa today after hosting the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alta. He had been meeting with world leaders since Sunday to discuss topics such as U...

OTTAWA - An organization that helps LGBTQ+ people file refugee claims says it has seen a spike in pleas for assistance from around the world since 2020. Devon Matthews, program head with Rainbow Railr...

BANFF - Leaders of the G7 have agreed to co-operate on efforts to manage the impacts of devastating wildfires, which are surging for another summer across Canada. The leaders are calling it the Kanana...

OTTAWA - The federal government intends to bring back consumer rebates for electric vehicles but doesn't yet quite know what they'll look like, Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin said on Tuesday. The...

OTTAWA - G7 countries pledged Tuesday to increase adoption of artificial intelligence, including in the public sector and among smaller businesses, while also promising to promote investment in emergi...

HALIFAX - After at least two Nova Scotia municipalities voted in favour of asking the provincial government to slow down on its uranium exploration plans, their offices received several-page-long lett...

British Columbia Premier David Eby says he wants a gang based in India declared a terrorist organization in Canada. The premier said Tuesday the Lawrence Bishnoi gang had been linked to extortions and...

OTTAWA - Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith warned Tuesday that Parliament is hastily plowing ahead with the government's major projects bill when it should be in listening mode. Erskine-Smith told reporte...

WINNIPEG - Wildfire evacuees continued to make their way home in some Manitoba communities Tuesday, but there were hurdles. Tataskweyak Cree Nation lifted its evacuation order Monday evening, then tol...