Tag Archives: Politics

The B.C. government says a new online portal launching this month will combat bad-faith evictions made by landlords who falsely claim to be putting a property to "personal use," only to increase rent ...

CHARLOTTETOWN - For Rupinder Pal Singh, who has been a leading voice in protests against changes to Prince Edward Island's immigration rules, going back to India is "not an option." He said Wednesday ...

MONTREAL - Ireland's prime minister says he's "absolutely appalled" by an assault in the country's capital that resulted in the death of a tourist from Montreal. Simon Harris on Wednesday described Ne...

VICTORIA - Three levels of government say they've finalized a deal that will provide more than $1.6 billion in federal funding over the next five years to communities in British Columbia, to build and...

OTTAWA - As the former defence minister faces questions over his intervention for a group seeking to flee Afghanistan when the Taliban took over in 2021, federal Liberals won't say whether he extended...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A defiant President Joe Biden vowed Wednesday to keep running for reelection, rejecting growing pressure from Democrats to withdraw after a disastrous debate performance raised quest...

CALGARY - Eleven clean energy projects, most of which are based in Alberta, have been selected to receive a total of $11 million in federal funding. Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson made ...

PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona abortion-rights supporters said Wednesday that they turned in more than double the signatures needed to put the issue on November's ballot in the key swing state. In Nebraska, o...

TORONTO - Ontario is the only province where inmates are regularly locked down due to staff shortages, according to expert evidence in a pair of class-action lawsuits. Former inmates of provincial cor...

MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's been taking calls from different members of his Liberal caucus following the party's historic byelection loss in a downtown Toronto riding last week....