Tag Archives: Politics

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....

HALIFAX - Information on hospital visits and other medical records is now available for Nova Scotians through the province's mobile phone application called YourHealthNS. The province is expanding acc...

EDMONTON - Legal Aid Alberta says it will stop providing lawyers to those who can't afford them by next Tuesday over a funding and governance dispute with the province. It says in a statement the Unit...

Rental housing construction in Canada has picked up significantly and is expected to keep growing this year, according to a new RBC report. However, the report says more supply is needed to fill the b...

TORONTO - Ontario plans to help the province's beleaguered news industry with a change in advertising rules. The province has directed its four largest agencies to spend 25 per cent of its advertising...

OTTAWA - The federal government says it is naming Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan as defence chief, making her the first woman to hold the Canadian Armed Forces' top job. Carignan is currently the military's...