Tag Archives: Politics

CHICAGO (AP) - Texas Democrats on Thursday moved closer to ending a nearly two-week walkout that has blocked the GOP's redrawing of U.S. House maps before the 2026 election and put them under escalati...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday his state will hold a Nov. 4 special election to seek voter approval of new congressional map drawn to try to win Democrats five more U.S....

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration, stepping up its crackdown on policing in the nation's capital, on Thursday named the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration to be Washington's "emergen...

OTTAWA - The U.S. State Department is taking aim at Canada's Online News Act in a human rights report that criticizes press freedom in Canada - which experts characterized Thursday as Orwellian. The O...

MONTREAL - In its second high-profile reversal in recent months, Quebec's language watchdog has backed down after trying to get a well-known Montreal pub to change its outdoor sign. The Office qubcois...

Labour experts say if Ottawa meets Air Canada's call for government intervention in a contract dispute with its flight attendants' union, it could further erode collective bargaining rights in future ...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has set his sights on Canada's electric vehicle mandate, pledging Thursday that his party will embark on a national campaign to push the Liberal governmen...

PORT ALBERNI - A forecast of up to 40 millimetres of rain is expected to help firefighters battling a wildfire that has been raging near Port Alberni on Vancouver Island this week. The Mount Underwood...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's office says work is "well underway" to find a local constituency office for the prime minister that meets his security requirements. As first reported this week b...

Ontario public servants will be required to return to the office full time, with employees going in-person five days a week by January 2026, the government announced Thursday. Treasury Board President...