Tag Archives: Politics

TUNIS, Tunisia - Tunisia has a new government at last, after four months of arguing among rival parties in the young North African democracy. After a 15-hour debate, the Tunisian parliament voted 129-...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - The "Volunteer" badge pinned to Sheila Archer's Bernie Sanders T-shirt is a bit of an understatement. Archer, from Allentown, Pa., cashed in a week of her vacation time and spent ...

EDMONTON - It's budget day in Alberta. And while the United Conservative finance minister is saying the province remains on track to end the deficit, the Opposition NDP is warning people to ...

A meeting between the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs, the federal government and the British Columbia government is set to take place Thursday after it was abruptly cancelled Wednesday, one of the lea...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that a widespread U.S. outbreak of the new respiratory virus sweeping the globe isn't inevitable even as top health authorities at his side warne...

CAIRO - Rival Libyan politicians met on Wednesday for U.N.-sponsored political talks in Geneva aimed at ending the latest round of fighting over the country's capital, Tripoli. Yet just hours later, t...

VANCOUVER - A hospice society in British Columbia says it is outraged by the province's decision to stop its funding because it refuses to provide medically assisted death. Angelina Ire...

EDMONTON - Alberta is to bring in its new budget Thursday while juggling a sluggish economy, multibillion-dollar deficits and escalating conflicts with public-sector workers. "There continues to ...

OTTAWA - Canada has a leg up on preparing for a potential outbreak of the novel coronavirus because the country already has a detailed pandemic plan, according to federal Health Minister Patty Ha...

OTTAWA - The Conservative leadership race is underway and the deadline to register as a candidate is Feb. 27. By then, candidates must have submitted 1,000 signatures, $25,000, a full application form...