Category Archives: Politics
Biden marks ‘Armenian genocide,’ aims to stop ‘atrocities’
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Sunday commemorated the 107th anniversary of the start of the “Armenian genocide,” issuing a statement in memory of the 1.5 million Armenians “who were deported, massacred or marched to their deaths in
Mississippi set to become final state with equal pay law
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will become the final state with a law requiring equal pay for equal work by women and men. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves
Ontario Progressive Conservatives campaigning for post-COVID world
Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives are campaigning as if COVID-19 is over – but experts say the pandemic will most likely colour the election campaign in some way, and it may even give the incumbent party a boost with voters when it
Ads from soft-spoken Arkansas Sen. Boozman reflect GOP fury
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — At home, two-term Republican Sen. John Boozman is known as an unassuming figure who talks almost in a whisper and is
DeSantis tests limits of his combative style in Disney feud
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ' deepening feud with Walt Disney World is testing the limits of his combative leadership style while sending an unmistakable message to his rivals that virtually nothing is off limits as he
Germany: Left party to hold leadership vote amid turmoil
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's Left party said Sunday that it will hold a leadership vote in June amid a series of internal spats including over the handling of sexism allegations.
MPs need to fast-track new law to seize sanctioned Russian assets: senator
OTTAWA — An independent senator is calling on the House of Commons to fast-track a new law she's proposing that would confiscate billions of dollars of frozen Russian assets and use them to rebuild Ukraine. Sen. Ratna Omidvar's bill — titled
With sovereignty off the table, Quebec Liberals struggling to connect with voters
MONTREAL — Quebec's next provincial election is still more than five months away, but Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade is already on the campaign trail. On Thursday, the official Opposition leader was in Trois-Rivières, Que., a city of 140,000 people h...
Despite housing crisis, one in five N.L. government units vacant in northern Labrador
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Despite homelessness and overcrowding described as a crisis in Labrador, one in five provincial government-run housing units in the region's Inuit communities are sitting empty and awaiting repairs. Some units have been vacant for ne...
Byelection a battle over past and future for BC Liberal leader Kevin Falcon, experts
VICTORIA — A byelection that could put new British Columbia Liberal leader Kevin Falcon back in the province's legislature is a race about the past and future, say both the candidates and political experts. Voters in the upscale Vancouver-Quilchena rid...
