Tag Archives: Politics

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. has approved $20 billion in arms sales to Israel, including scores of fighter jets and advanced air-to-air missiles, the State Department announced Tuesday. Congress was not...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's Opposition is promising the largest income tax cut in the province's history if elected this fall, prompting Premier David Eby to call the pledge "extreme" and "radical" ...

OTTAWA - A recently released international report says Canada's temporary foreign worker program is a "breeding ground" for contemporary slavery. The final report by a United Nations special rapporteu...

BANFF, Alta. - A day after a tight vote to remove a contentious pedestrian zone in downtown Banff, Alta., those on both sides of the issue say they share one common goal: reducing the number of cars. ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri voters will decide in November whether to guarantee a right to abortion with a constitutional amendment that would reverse the state's near-total ban on the procedu...

The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) will lose its long-time president this week as Ray Orb steps down. Orb has been on the board of the association since 2004 and served as its...

HALIFAX - The frequency of protests linked to domestic and global issues is creating an "unsustainable demand" on policing services across the country, say Canada's chiefs of police. Meeting in Halifa...

OTTAWA - A House of Commons committee will investigate how a man facing terror charges was admitted to Canada and obtained citizenship. Members of Parliament on the national security committee voted u...

Donald Trump's big return to the social media platform formerly known as Twitter did not begin as planned. Trump and Elon Musk, X's owner, were slated to have what the tech titan termed a "live conver...

BANFF, Alta. - Banff residents have given a thumbs down to a pedestrian zone in the community's downtown, rejecting the idea in a plebiscite Monday. The Town of Banff posted unofficial results of the ...