Category Archives: Politics
B.C. finance minister says ‘over my dead body,’ will abortion access change
VICTORIA — British Columbia's finance minister says she will fight to ensure abortion access rights are never denied in the province no matter what may happen in the United States. Selina Robinson reacted strongly to questions about the status of abort...
B.C. sees decrease in overdose deaths in March, but drug users face risks: coroner
VICTORIA — British Columbia's chief coroner says a recent dip in the number of overdose deaths is encouraging, but illicit toxic drugs still present enormous risks for substance users. Lisa Lapointe says the latest overdose figures show 165 people died...
SD pot legalization campaign submits signatures for ballot
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Advocates for legalizing recreational marijuana in South Dakota on Tuesday submitted petition signatures to the secretary of state, saying they were confident they had collected enough to place the initiative on the November ba...
Liberals, NDP co-operate to get fall economic statement to final vote Wednesday
OTTAWA — The government's five-month-old fall economic statement should finally pass the House of Commons Wednesday following some procedural manoeuvring by the Liberals and the NDP. The two parties, which signed a confidence and supply agreement in Ma...
US abortion trends have changed since landmark 1973 ruling
The abortion landscape has changed in the United States since the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. A leaked draft of a Supreme Court decision suggests a majority of justices support throwing out that ruling, which legalized abortion
Biden says basic U.S. rights are at risk if Supreme Court draft decision stands
WASHINGTON — Rescinding the constitutional right to an abortion would be just the beginning, President Joe Biden warned Tuesday as the world confronted anew the possibility that women in the United States are poised to lose the right to choose.
Nova Scotia scales back non-resident property tax after criticism it was ‘unfair’
HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government is revising a contentious non-resident property tax that was adopted last month as a way to ease the province's housing crunch. In a news release, Premier Tim Houston says the non-resident owners of properties such
Promise tracker: What the Ontario parties are pitching on the campaign trail
TORONTO — A running list of election promises announced by the Progressive Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Greens in Ontario since late March: Progressive Conservatives April 28: Spend $158.8 billion over 10 years for highways, transit and hospitals, ...
Alert Ready system expands to floods, fires in B.C., not heat domes
VICTORIA — An automated alert system will be ready to warn British Columbians of spring flooding and summer wildfires but not yet for extreme heat, Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth said Tuesday. Farnworth told a news conference the Alert Ready sy...
Sri Lanka opposition seeks no-confidence vote on Rajapaksas
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s main opposition party on Tuesday issued a no-confidence declaration aiming at ousting Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his Cabinet and blaming them of failing in their constitutional duty to provide a decent li...
