Category Archives: Politics
Nova Scotia municipalities reviewing policing models as RCMP costs rise
HALIFAX — The rising cost of RCMP services is “changing the conversation” around policing in Nova Scotia, according to the head of the organization that represents the province’s municipalities. Amanda McDougall, president of the Nova Scotia Federation...
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, ...
New venture capital fund in Manitoba to be more independent from government
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is putting up $50 million to get back into the venture capital game, 17 years after a previous fund went into receivership. "Manitoba's business leaders ... have told us that access to capital is critical for
Trump election probe in Georgia to seat special grand jury
ATLANTA (AP) — When potential grand jurors show up at an Atlanta courthouse Monday, they'll find a television camera in the room and streets closed outside — nods to the intense public interest in the investigation into whether
Switzerland’s top lawyer seeks tools to curb financial crime
BERN, Switzerland (AP) — Switzerland’s new attorney general is pushing parliament to give his office more tools to fight white-collar crime. The country's maximum financial penalty
British Virgin Islands premier accused of smuggling cocaine
MIAMI (AP) — The premier of the British Virgin Islands appeared in federal court in Miami on Friday after his arrest on cocaine-smuggling charges, while Britain’s governor of the Caribbean territory announced that a corruption inquiry found ample reaso...
Challengers try to push Indiana’s dominant GOP more to right
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — As a mom and a Christian conservative, Lorissa Sweet found herself increasingly frustrated with Republicans in the Indiana Statehouse who she said were too willing to compromise on such issues as abortion and gun rights.
Malaysian state energy company leaves Myanmar gas project
BANGKOK (AP) — Petronas, Malaysia’s state-owned oil and gas company, announced Friday that it is withdrawing from its participation in Myanmar’s offshore Yetagun natural gas project. The
P.E.I. asking Ottawa to change name of Confederation Bridge to Epekwitk Crossing
CHARLOTTETOWN — Members of the Prince Edward Island legislature voted unanimously Friday to ask the federal government to change the name of the Confederation Bridge to Epekwitk Crossing. Epekwitk is the Mi'kmaq word for "something lying on the water,"...
Biden, Mexican president confer on migration, diplomacy
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Mexico's Andres Manuel López Obrador agreed in a phone call Friday to do more to promote “just, humane and effective efforts to reduce irregular migration" at the southern border, the White House reported
