Tag Archives: Politics

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to do away with paper health cards and switch to more durable plastic and digital ones. Finance Minister Adrien Sala says the move is among many promises...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Backers of former President Donald Trump are launching a second effort to recall Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos from office after the first attempt appears to hav...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government says it will ask the province's language watchdog to investigate after the leader of the Parti Qubcois complained about a lack of French on a QMJHL team's playoff garb...

EDMONTON - The Alberta government says it's making good on its promise to offer seniors a 25 per cent discount for registry services. It says the move is expected to benefit more than 725,000 Albertan...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A federal court on Thursday ruled that this year's congressional elections in South Carolina will be held under a map that it had already deemed unconstitutional and discriminato...

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Mike Johnson on Thursday indicated he will send articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate shortly after Congress retu...

EDMONTON - Ottawa must make changes to a self-government deal it struck with the Mtis Nation of Alberta, says a Federal Court ruling. The ruling, released Thursday, says the deal is too broad in its d...

FREDERICTON - The longest-serving member of the New Brunswick Progressive Conservatives says he won't be running in the upcoming election. Trevor Holder is the 10th Tory who has publicly broken ranks ...

TORONTO - Ontario's minimum wage will rise later this year to $17.20 an hour. The annual Oct. 1 increase is tied to inflation and is a boost of 3.9 per cent from the current rate of $16.55 per hour. L...

TORONTO - The five top paid public employees in Ontario are all at Ontario Power Generation, with the CEO earning $1.9 million last year. A list of public sector workers who were paid more than $100,0...