Category Archives: Politics
Ontario leaders promise to repeal legislation that caps public sector wage increases
TORONTO — Contract negotiations with more than one million broader public sector workers in Ontario could look different after the election, with three major parties pledging an end to wage restraint and the Progressive Conservatives promising to barga...
Where the Ontario leaders are on the campaign trail for May 27
Here's where the leaders of Ontario's main political parties are today: ____ Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford Oakville: Makes an announcement. 2 p.m. Kitchener: Hosts a rally. 7 p.m. ____ NDP Leader Andrea Horwath Toronto: Hosts appreciation ...
Doug Ford campaigns on handyman brand after tumultuous first term, pandemic ‘growth’
“Doug Ford is a builder,” a moderator read out to the audience of a recent Ontario election debate that asked leaders of the three main parties to submit biographies of themselves. It’s an image the Progressive Conservative leader has worked hard
New law puts NHL great Konstantinov’s 24/7 care in jeopardy
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) — Vladimir Konstantinov has traded hockey sticks for an Uno deck. Many, in fact. The onetime Soviet and Detroit Red Wings star plays so often that he goes through a pack per week, wearing out cards
Hong Kong’s incoming leader John Lee to travel to Beijing
HONG KONG (AP) — Incoming Hong Kong leader John Lee will travel to Beijing on Saturday to accept a letter that officially approves his appointment as the city’s next chief executive.
Documents reveal sea burials for 13 USS Indianapolis sailors
HONOLULU (AP) — Navy Seaman 2nd Class George David Payne was just 17 years old when a Japanese submarine torpedoed his ship in the last weeks of World War II, sinking the vessel and killing him along with more than
NRA speakers unshaken on gun rights after school massacre
HOUSTON (AP) — One by one, they took the stage at the National Rifle Association’s annual convention in Houston and denounced the massacre of 19 students and two teachers at an elementary school across the state. And one by one,
Shooter warning signs get lost in sea of social media posts
WASHINGTON (AP) — The warning signs were there for anyone to stumble upon, days before the 18-year-old gunman entered a Texas elementary school and slaughtered 19 children and two teachers.
Liberal Los Angeles could take right turn in mayor’s race
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Many voters in heavily Democratic Los Angeles are seething over rising crime and homelessness and that could prompt the city to take a turn to the political right for the first time in decades.
On remote US territories, abortion hurdles mount without Roe
HONOLULU (AP) — Women from the remote U.S. territories of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands will likely have to travel farther than other Americans to terminate a pregnancy if the Supreme Court overturns a precedent that established a national
