Tag Archives: Politics

COQUITLAM, B.C. - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is raising eyebrows anew over his carbon pricing stance, refusing to say Monday whether or not he would keep scheduled increases in place if he becomes prime...

VANCOUVER - The head of a B.C. cannabis growers group says the City of Vancouver's choice to discourage instead of sanction a marijuana celebration over the weekend was a costly "missed opportunity." ...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is funding mental health support for first responders, following the recent death of a Winnipeg firefighter. The province is committing to pay for three counsellors ...

LONGUEUIL, Que. - A former RCMP officer charged with helping China conduct foreign interference is asking the court to quash the indictment over a jurisdictional issue. Lawyers for William Majcher con...

MONTREAL - A Montreal-area woman is asking Canadian authorities to help locate her father's body in Cuba after a devastating mix-up that saw her family receive a stranger's remains instead. Funeral se...

NEW YORK (AP) - New York state lawyers and an attorney for former President Donald Trump settled their differences Monday over a $175 million bond that Trump posted to block a large civil fraud judgme...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California lawmakers on Monday rejected a proposal aimed at cracking down on how some of the nation's largest utilities spend customers' money. California's investor-owned ut...

PHOENIX (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider a request by Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake to ban the use of electronic vote-counting machines in Arizona. Lake and fo...

OTTAWA - A senator is calling on Ottawa to see the four million Canadian citizens living abroad as more than just people to evacuate in times of crisis. Canadians who live abroad have ties that Canada...

OTTAWA - It can sometimes be difficult to discern what constitutes a hate crime, Ottawa's police chief acknowledged Monday as he confirmed his department is investigating a pro-Palestinian protest ove...