Tag Archives: Politics

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...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - An attorney representing voters accused of fraud in the 2016 election warned North Carolina's highest court that their eventual decision could allow political operatives to make v...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Don Beyer's car dealerships were among the first in the U.S. to set up a website. As a representative, the Virginia Democrat leads a bipartisan group focused on promoting fusion ener...

NEW YORK (AP) - When he was elected two years ago as Manhattan's first Black district attorney, Alvin Bragg spoke candidly about his unease with the job's political demands. A former law professor, he...