Tag Archives: Politics

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Malaysia's longest-governing political party reclaimed the premiership it lost in a shock 2018 election defeat, after the king on Friday named its candidate, Ismail Sabri...

The federal election campaign finished off its first week with two leaders planning events while Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has no scheduled public appearances Saturday Conservative Leader Erin O'T...

OTTAWA - A Muslim charity is asking a court to freeze a federal suspension, which prohibits it from issuing tax receipts, while a challenge of the penalty plays out. Ottawa-based Human Concern Interna...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A standoff in Texas over new voting restrictions that gridlocked the state Capitol for 38 consecutive days ended Thursday when some Democrats who fled to Washington, D.C., dropped...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida judge on Thursday refused to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the order by Gov. Ron DeSantis that parents should decide whether their children wear masks at school ...

MONTREAL - Environmental experts are praising Montreal's decision to ban some kinds of single-use plastics, but they say Canada is still a long way from being plastic-free despite government promises....

HALIFAX - The representation of Black and female members has risen notably in Nova Scotia's legislature following Tuesday's provincial election, but no one who identifies as Indigenous was elected in ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Three Albuquerque police officers were shot and another was injured while responding to a robbery, authorities said Thursday. Police Chief Harold Medina said one of the office...

OTTAWA - Ongoing complaints about roadblocks in Kabul and bureaucratic hurdles in Ottawa tempered any sense of relief on Thursday after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revealed on the campaign trail tha...

MONTREAL - Quebec's minister for the fight against racism is denouncing protesters who he said wore yellow stars at a protest earlier this week against the government's vaccine passport system. People...