Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - Defence Minister Bill Blair says it's hard to convince cabinet and Canadians that meeting the NATO spending target is a worthy goal, because "nobody knows what that means." Instead, he said W...

OTTAWA - Conservative MPs want House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus to resign after ejecting their leader - and not Prime Minister Justin Trudeau - during a heated debate Tuesday. The Conservatives sa...

OTTAWA - Addictions Minister Ya'ara Saks said she needs more information before prohibiting public use of illicit drugs again in British Columbia, but the province says she already has everything she ...

BRAMPTON, Ont. - Ontario high school students will soon be able to spend most of their time in Grade 11 and 12 in an apprenticeship if they choose to participate in a new skilled trades program. Educa...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Wednesday she would call a vote next week on ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson, forcing her colleagues to choose sides in a difficult sho...

HALIFAX - An independent committee has released its first report on how governments and the RCMP are responding to the inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia, but it does not offer any ass...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is moving toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. The Justice Department proposal would recognize the medical uses of cannab...

PEGUIS, Man. - A Manitoba First Nation has declared a state of emergency in response to a health crisis caused by repeated flooding. Peguis First Nation says it has endured persistent flooding over th...

NEW YORK (AP) - Even as many Americans say they learn about the 2024 election campaign from national news outlets, a disquieting poll reveals some serious trust issues. About half of Americans, 53%, s...

MONTREAL - Pro-Palestinian activists who have pitched their tents on the McGill University campus scored a legal victory on Wednesday when a Quebec judge rejected a request for an injunction to stop t...