Tag Archives: Politics

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is bringing in changes to its Police Act to improve governance and oversight of municipal police departments in the province. The legislation, if passed, wou...

OTTAWA - Israel advocates are asking the Federal Court to reverse Ottawa's decision to continue funding the main United Nations agency supporting Palestinians. The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs...

CRANBROOK, B.C. - The federal government and a British Columbia First Nation have reached a $7-million settlement over a lumber grievance that dates back to 1942. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister G...

HALIFAX - Tiny, translucent baby eels, called elvers, are back in the news after two Mi'kmaq men from Nova Scotia reported being detained by federal fisheries officers and then left far from home at 1...

EDMONTON - Alberta's top court has dismissed a coal company's request for compensation over government policies to phase out coal power. Altius Royalty Corp. was asking for $190 million in compensatio...

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The trial of a trio accused of masterminding the COVID-era border blockade at Coutts, Alta., saw the defence pursue a contrary narrative Thursday of a mishmash protest where no one...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A man who has served as treasurer for dozens of political campaigns in Ohio over the past 40 years is facing federal wire fraud charges for allegedly stealing nearly $1 million f...

OAKVILLE, Ont. - Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce says the province is putting $1.3 billion toward building and expanding schools. He says the money will go toward creating 27,093 new student ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Days after former President Donald Trump posted a $175 million bond to block New York state from imminently collecting on a huge civil fraud judgment, state lawyers Thursday called for...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Trump left the White House facing a cash crunch and a tattered reputation after his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, threatening the viability of his business empire. S...