Tag Archives: Politics

WHITEHORSE - The Yukon Liberal government tabled its 2024 budget Thursday. The $2.08-billion budget forecasts a surplus of $119 million. Here are some other key figures and projects being funded: - $4...

With Tinseltown set to hand out the Academy Awards on Sunday, the question for some in Alberta is whether to take the long-shot bet on "Barbie" or put the smart money down on "Oppenheimer." Both movie...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Much of President Joe Biden's State of the Union on Thursday night will focus on comparing his vision for America with that of the Republican Party, setting up an election-year contr...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A bill that could lead to the popular video-sharing app TikTok being unavailable in the United States is quickly gaining traction in the House as lawmakers voice concerns about the p...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota probably won't meet its goal of launching full-scale retail marijuana sales in the first quarter of 2025 because of the time it will take to draft regulations and issu...

OTTAWA - The union that represents front-line Mounties is urging the federal government to make the RCMP the police force of jurisdiction for Parliament Hill to bolster security. National Police Feder...

WHITEHORSE - Yukon's finance minister says too many of the territory's residents are being affected by inflation, a global housing crisis and a lack of health-care workers but the government is focuse...

MONTREAL - A Superior Court judge has denied a request from Montreal's Roman Catholic archdiocese for an exemption to a Quebec law requiring all palliative care centres in the province to provide medi...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Any adult who can legally own a gun can now carry one openly in South Carolina after Gov. Henry McMaster signed a bill into law Thursday, just a day after it received final legis...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government plans to restrict protests near clinics and hospitals where abortions are performed, as well as at the homes of abortion providers. The NDP government introduced a b...