Tag Archives: Politics

HALIFAX - The first female Speaker of the Nova Scotia legislature is leaving politics. In a post made to social media today, Karla MacFarlane says she will retire in the coming weeks after 11 years in...

A voting company owner on Friday acknowledged making a "coercive" demand of 32 Texas counties: Pay an additional surcharge for the software that runs their voting registration system, or lose it just ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Former President Donald Trump is demanding a new judge just days before his hush-money criminal trial is set to begin, rehashing longstanding grievances with the current judge in a lon...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Police in Vermont are seeking a suspect who allegedly started a fire Friday outside the office of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders. The small blaze caused minor damages but no injuries....

FREDERICTON - A New Brunswick school district has gone to court to prevent the government from forcing it to apply the province's policy on gender identity for students. Anglophone East School Distric...

WHITEHORSE - Yukon's premier is apologizing ahead of an inquest into the deaths of four Indigenous women who were accessing services at the Whitehorse emergency shelter. Ranj Pillai said governments h...

VICTORIA - The BC Coroners Service says 177 people died in February due to "toxic, unregulated drugs." The service says at least 175 people have died because of the toxic drug supply in each of the la...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia legislature wrapped up a spring sitting Friday that saw the Progressive Conservative government present a budget and pass just two bills. Since the sitting began on Feb. 27, ...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government has introduced two bills aimed at cracking down on drug trafficking and organized crime. The proposed unexplained wealth act would make amendments to current legisla...

LONGUEUIL, Que. - A former employee of Quebec's hydro utility who is accused of spying on behalf of China pleaded not guilty to additional charges on Friday as his lawyers attempted to gain access to ...