Tag Archives: Politics

VICTORIA - British Columbia's Opposition leader says community safety should come before protection of privacy rights for dangerous people. The public should know who is living in their community, BC ...

EDMONTON - The Alberta government introduced a bill Thursday that would grant it sweeping powers over municipalities, including the right to fire councillors and overturn bylaws. The proposed law woul...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Kim Kardashian marshaled her celebrity in one administration to spotlight criminal justice reform - and she's doing it again in the next. The reality TV star and entrepreneur joined ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - There was talk of drone strikes and presidential bribes, of a potential ruling "for the ages" and of the Founding Fathers, too. The presidential race went unmentioned but was not far...

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Prosecutors in Texas asked the state's highest criminal appeals court on Thursday to reverse a ruling that overturned a Fort Worth woman's voter fraud conviction and five-year...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Abortion continues to be a key part of Democrats' election playbook in North Carolina, which for 2024 will include what abortion-rights advocates call an unprecedented investment ...

WINNIPEG - Former Manitoba premier Heather Stefanson, the first woman to have held the province's top office, is resigning her legislature seat, ending a 23-year career in politics. Stefanson was firs...

TORONTO - An Ontario legislator refused to take off her keffiyeh at Queen's Park on Thursday, prompting an order for her removal from the legislative chamber and her subsequent refusal to budge. Sarah...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to restore "net neutrality" rules that prevent broadband internet providers such as Comcast and Verizon from favoring some sit...

PEMBERTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA - An agreement between the B.C. government and the First Nations that manage Joffre Lakes Provincial Park will see the popular tourist spot closed for part of the year to p...