Tag Archives: Politics

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A British Columbia First Nation says racism in the health-care system persists despite efforts by the government and industry to combat the problem. The Tsilhqot'in National Gove...

U.S. lawmakers are threatening to ban TikTok but also say they are giving its Chinese parent company a chance to keep it running. The premise of a bipartisan bill headed for a vote in the U.S. House o...

EDMONTON - The Alberta government has introduced legislation that would direct $10 million from this year's budget toward luring more workers to the province. The funds for the Alberta is Calling Attr...

DENVER (AP) - Colorado Republican Rep. Ken Buck said Tuesday that he'll resign next week, narrowing his party's razor-thin House majority and potentially short-circuiting Rep. Lauren Boebert's effort ...

RICHMOND - The City of Richmond in British Columbia is urging the federal government to provide more temporary housing for refugees and asylum seekers or pay for their use of the city's homeless shelt...

WASHINGTON (AP) - It's a now-familiar ritual in Washington: a federal prosecutor being summoned to Capitol Hill to discuss the findings of a politically explosive investigation. Tuesday's hearing with...

The Florida law labeled by critics as " Don't Say Gay " is remaining in place under a settlement reached this week between the state and parents, students, teachers and advocacy groups who challenged ...

VANCOUVER - Residents in Vancouver's only legal tent encampment are wary of a city plan to force them to temporarily move while it cleans up the site, an advocate said. Fiona York said there's a fear ...

OTTAWA - Canada's Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements program, or DFAA, was launched in 1970, setting a formula for how provinces and territories would split costs with the federal government w...

VICTORIA - British Columbia is looking to put the brakes on crashes into highway overpasses by imposing the highest fines and penalties in Canada. Penalties for crashes into overpasses or other highwa...