Tag Archives: Politics

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama lawmakers advanced legislation Wednesday to ensure President Joe Biden will appear on the state's November ballot, mirroring accommodations made four years ago for then...

OTTAWA - A spokeswoman for Gov. Gen. Mary Simon says she will continue to advocate for "digital respect," despite suggestions it's inappropriate for her to wade in when a government bill targeting the...

OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is denouncing a federal budget that she says all but ignores the needs of the communities she represents. The federal government is neglect...

NEW YORK (AP) - Shaina Taub was in the audience at "Suffs," her buzzy and timely new musical about women's suffrage, when she spied something that delighted her. It was intermission, and Taub, both cr...

HALIFAX - The federal government is planning to sell off the historic, century-old armoury in Amherst, N.S., to make way for new housing, but the town's mayor says that could be a bad idea. "I'm sure ...

TORONTO - The federal budget is being met with disdain from Canada's innovation industry, including tech darling Shopify, which called the capital gains measures in the fiscal plan a potential cause o...

ESKASONI, N.S. - Nova Scotia opened its first long-term care facility in a First Nations community on Wednesday, realizing a decades-old ambition for its host community. A ceremony marking the opening...

QUEBEC - The Quebec government whip has quit the Coalition Avenir Qubec and will join the federal Conservatives, leaving the province's ruling party wondering whether its current slump in the polls wi...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - President Joe Biden suggested to cheering, unionized steelworkers on Wednesday that his administration would thwart the acquisition of U.S. Steel by a Japanese company, and he called...

TORONTO - The federal budget pushed forward several banking sector initiatives, including open banking and lower fees, but had little detail on when changes would actually take effect. Open banking wa...