Tag Archives: Politics

TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government said it will not launch an appeal after the province's highest court upheld a lower-court ruling that declared the public servant wage-cap law unconsti...

VANCOUVER - Communities across British Columbia needs to prepare for a climate-related health crisis like the deadly 2021 heat dome every year, according to the lead contributor to a report on health ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Former Rep. Alyce Clarke was the first Black woman elected to the Mississippi Legislature, and now she is the first Black person - and first woman - to have a portrait on display...

BAMBERG, S.C. (AP) - Nikki Haley made a campaign stop Tuesday in her hometown of Bamberg, a reliably Democratic rural town that she has described as instrumental to the values that guide her president...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia lawmakers plowed through hundreds of bills Tuesday as they reached a key deadline for this year's legislative session. The House of Delegates and Senate debated topics ra...

OTTAWA - New Democrats are calling on the Liberal government to have Canada formally recognize Palestine as a state, saying it would help advance peace in the Middle East. "It's time for Canada to do ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Two fired executives of FirstEnergy Corp. and a former top state utilities regulator pleaded not guilty Tuesday to state charges related to a $60 million bribery scheme that cent...

MONTREAL - Psychiatrists who treated a mentally ill Quebec man who killed a provincial police officer told a coroner's inquest on Tuesday about the challenges in getting patients to follow conditions ...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia is launching a public housing plan to build more affordable rental units for middle-income earners who often struggle financially to live in the same communities where the...

Halifax's long-serving mayor says he won't run in the municipal election this fall, explaining that he wants to depart the job while he's still capable of winning at the ballot box. Mike Savage told a...