Tag Archives: Politics

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small said Monday that a search of his home last week by prosecutors involved "a private family issue," not a crime. The Democratic mayor held a ne...

OTTAWA - Canada is expanding its evacuation of people from Haiti to include relatives and Canadian permanent residents starting Wednesday, if conditions allow. The government has also arranged for a c...

QUEBEC - Three Innu communities in Quebec are accusing the provincial government of acting in bad faith a year after the deadline passed to conclude a treaty that has been under negotiation for more t...

OTTAWA - The upcoming federal budget will include funding for a national school food program that will aim to provide meals to 400,000 more kids per year across the country, Prime Minister Justin Trud...

NEW YORK (AP) - Less than a week after a flashy stock market debut, Donald Trump's social media company on Monday disclosed that it lost nearly $58.2 million last year, sending its stock tumbling more...

MONTREAL - Airlines and marine shippers have asked Ottawa to beef up funding for sustainable transport, money they hope will flow toward green supply chains and upgrades to existing infrastructure. Ta...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says premiers would rather complain and "make political hay" out of his federal carbon pricing program than present an alternative to reduce greenhouse gas emiss...

MONTREAL - Former Quebec Liberal cabinet minister and well-known constitutional expert Benot Pelletier has died in Mexico at age 64, his family announced Monday. In a statement, his wife and four chil...

HALIFAX - The minimum wage is going up today in all four Atlantic Canadian provinces. Newfoundland and Labrador is leading the way with a 60-cent increase, bringing its hourly rate to $15.60 - the hig...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Thunder and lightning delayed the start of the annual Easter egg roll at the White House on Monday, but the event eventually rolled ahead under gray skies with a large crowd includin...