Tag Archives: Politics

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A Maine sergeant who has been criticized by an investigatory panel for his handling of a report about a man who later carried out a mass shooting is running for sheriff, state r...

TORONTO - Roy McMurtry, a legal and political giant in Ontario who helped pave the way for same-sex marriage as a judge and a key player in the Canadian Constitution, has died at 91. McMurtry, a trial...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia doctors are facing extreme burnout amid a labour shortage that risks worsening with a looming wave of retirements, says the former head of the association representing physicians...

HALIFAX - Following weeks of criticism, the Nova Scotia government is backing away from a contentious subsidy for wine bottlers that the province's wineries said undercut their operations. Premier Tim...

OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Canada says it plans to launch a forensic audit of an organization representing 74 First Nations in Saskatchewan. The department said in a statement Tuesday it is aware of...

CALGARY - The City of Calgary is warning it may restrict outdoor water use by May 1 if dry conditions keep up. And a big dump of snow in the forecast this week likely won't be enough to change the out...

MONTREAL - After 15 months of negotiations a major nurses union has reached an agreement with the Quebec government for a five-year collective agreement. The proposed deal needs to be put to the 80,00...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin's top Republican derided supporters of former President Donald Trump who are trying to recall him from office as "whack jobs and morons," predicting Tuesday that their e...

TORONTO - Ontario's teachers have rebuffed a request from the Ministry of Education to let retired teachers work longer, saying the government needs to come up with a real solution to staff shortages....

OTTAWA - The federal auditor general is "completely discouraged" to see so little improvement to substandard housing in First Nations over the past two decades, a new report says. Karen Hogan also loo...