Category Archives: Politics
Migrant women workers continue to face abortion access barriers: advocates
OTTAWA — While she has helped several migrant workers access abortion services in Canada, Evelyn Encalada Grez said one woman comes to mind. “The migrant woman was so afraid of being found out that she needed to be taken by
Calling social conservatives dinosaurs was ‘wrong terminology’, says Patrick Brown
OTTAWA — Federal Conservative leadership candidate Patrick Brown says calling social conservatives "dinosaurs" in a book he wrote about his time in Ontario politics was "the wrong terminology" "I guess a better way to articulate that would be to say:...
War surges Norway’s oil, gas profit. Now, it’s urged to help
STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Europe’s frantic search for alternatives to Russian energy has dramatically increased the demand — and price — for Norway's oil and gas.
Ontario’s political party leaders pledge to fix health care shortage in the north
Ontario's main political parties are promising to hire more doctors and nurses and increase the number of spaces at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine to address the need for health-care workers in the region — a problem that a
Where the Ontario leaders are on the campaign trail for May 28
Here's where the leaders of Ontario's main political parties are today: ____ Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford No public announcements scheduled. ____ NDP Leader Andrea Horwath Sault Ste. Marie: Talks about her plan to "stop the cuts." 11:45 a...
China’s foreign minister visits Samoa on Pacific Island trip
BEIJING (AP) — China's foreign minister met with the leaders of Samoa on Saturday on the third stop of an island-hopping tour aimed at deepening China's ties with the Pacific Island nations.
Officials: Ex-Alaska attorney general faces abuse charges
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A special prosecutor said Friday that he has filed charges of sexual abuse of a minor in the third degree against former Alaska Attorney General Clyde “Ed” Sniffen.
17 years post-Katrina, New Orleans-area protections complete
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Seventeen years after Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has completed an extensive system of floodgates, strengthened levees and other protections.
Nevada student says anonymous gun tips used to bully him
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A high school honors student in Nevada said in federal court that he’s being bullied by students and harassed by campus administrators who search him for a gun every time someone identifies him on a state
AP FACT CHECK: NRA speakers distort gun and crime statistics
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speakers at the National Rifle Association annual meeting assailed a Chicago gun ban that doesn't exist, ignored security upgrades at the Texas school where children were slaughtered and roundly distorted national gun and crime statis...
