Tag Archives: Politics

VICTORIA - A report by British Columbia's ombudsperson suggests a decades-old portion of the Transportation Act has holes big enough for a logging truck to drive through. Jay Chalke says in the report...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Gender-affirming treatment in Maryland would be protected from criminal and civil actions brought by other states under a measure approved Tuesday by the state Senate. The Democr...

NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife face new charges that they obstructed justice while they were being investigated over allegations that they accepted bribes of gold bars, cash and a...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut and the federal government are spending nearly $36 million to improve access to health care in the territory. The agreement, announced in Iqaluit, is to increase the number ...

REGINA - Saskatchewan's Opposition says a cabinet minister should give his head a shake for using public money to sightsee around Paris, checking out Napoleon's Tomb, when he was supposed to be at a c...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina lawmakers appear close to approving a bill that would allow anyone who can legally own a gun to carry the weapon openly. The proposal includes stiffer penalties fo...

Alabama lawmakers moved quickly to approve legislation on Wednesday that protects in vitro fertilization clinics from lawsuits in response to an uproar sparked by last month's state Supreme Court ruli...

PHOENIX (AP) - Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona announced on Tuesday that she won't run for a second term after her estrangement from the Democratic Party left her politically homeless and w...

REGINA - The Saskatchewan government has announced it's opening a new health centre in Regina to help breast cancer patients get screened sooner. The province says the centre will tackle backlogs by p...

VICTORIA - David Kennedy says his recent retirement came as a lifestyle shock, especially financially. The 67-year-old Nanaimo, B.C., man said he faced housing difficulties after retirement, and with ...