Tag Archives: Politics

HOUSTON (AP) - Former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner was picked Tuesday as the Democrats' nominee to succeed the late U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who died last month after being diagnosed with pancr...

WEST VANCOUVER, B.C. - Councillors in the District of West Vancouver, B.C., have narrowly voted in favour of getting onboard with provincial legislation requiring communities to allow multi-unit housi...

The town of Jasper says early numbers indicate last month's wildfires destroyed $283 million worth of property. The town also reports that while 358 structures were destroyed, mostly businesses and ho...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says people seeking asylum at the border with Canada will have less time to consult a lawyer before making their case, as President Joe Biden's as...

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...