Tag Archives: Politics

HALIFAX - As Canada looks ahead to what experts fear could be another devastating wildfire season, fire chiefs say they are worried about the dwindling number of volunteers available to combat the ris...

OTTAWA - The only thing Pierre Poilievre and Jagmeet Singh had in common Thursday was their timing. Separately but simultaneously, Canada's federal Conservative and NDP leaders laid out their respecti...

TORONTO - Some advocates are praising Ottawa's move to lengthen the amortization period on insured mortgages for certain homebuyers, but say expanding the policy to all Canadians would help make home ...

TORONTO - Books on artificial intelligence, space law and wrongful convictions are among the works shortlisted for the $60,000 Donner Prize, which recognizes the best public policy book by a Canadian....

HALIFAX - Unionized public school teachers in Nova Scotia have voted in favour of a strike mandate. The Nova Scotia Teachers Union said 98 per cent of its more than 10,000 members voted in support Thu...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin's bipartisan elections commission rejected a petition Thursday that sought to force a recall election targeting the state's top elected Republican, who has drawn the ire...

OTTAWA - Homeless Indigenous women in the North do not feel well-protected by the RCMP and instead face violence and discrimination by police, a new report from the Yellowknife Women's Society has fou...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Thousands more firearms dealers across the United States will have to run background checks on buyers at gun shows or other places outside brick-and-mortar stores, according to a Bid...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden said Thursday that U.S. defense commitment to Pacific allies was "ironclad" as he gathered Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Japanese Prime Minister F...

OTTAWA - Canada's federal government has used artificial intelligence in nearly 300 projects and initiatives, new research has found - including to help predict the outcome of tax cases, sort temporar...