Category Archives: Politics
Quebec ministers responsible for early pandemic response not running for re-election
MONTREAL — Two Quebec cabinet ministers who were responsible for the province's early response to the COVID-19 pandemic won't be running for re-election in October. Danielle McCann, who was Quebec's health minister in early 2020, and Seniors Minister ...
Premier Sandy Silver encouraged by federal budget support for Yukon initiatives
WHITEHORSE — Yukon Premier Sandy Silver says he is pleased the latest federal budget is moving to address concerns facing Northern Canada. A statement from the premier says the territory is "happy" the federal Low Carbon Economy Fund will commit $32.2
Alberta correctional peace officers can be exempted from clean-shaven requirement
EDMONTON — The Alberta government says it has changed a policy that required applicants seeking to become correctional peace officers to be clean shaven. The province says in a news release that officers were required not to have facial hair so
Federal budget for child care good start, but more needed: advocates
OTTAWA — Feminist advocates say the federal budget doesn't fully account for the challenges in scaling up child-care systems across the country. Morna Ballantyne, executive director of advocacy group Child Care Now, said she's pleased the government cr...
Wisconsin governor vetoes Republican election bills
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, who is up for reelection in November, on Friday vetoed a package of bills passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature that would have made a series of changes to the battleground state's
‘Get used to it’: Outbreaks give taste of living with virus
The U.S. is getting a first glimpse of what it’s like to experience COVID-19 outbreaks during this new phase of living with the virus, and the roster of the newly infected is studded with stars.
‘Get used to it’: Outbreaks give taste of living with virus
The U.S. is getting a first glimpse of what it’s like to experience COVID-19 outbreaks during this new phase of living with the virus, and the roster of the newly infected is studded with stars.
Poland, France trade barbs over Russia’s war on Ukraine
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland on Friday summoned France's ambassador over French President Emmanuel Macron's reference to Poland’s prime minister as a “far-right anti-Semite” in a budding feud over Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Nova Scotia doctor wait-list hits new record high with more than 88,300 people
HALIFAX — When Evelyn Hornbeck and her husband received notice last fall that their family doctor would be retiring without a replacement, they were immediately stressed. “I hadn’t seen her in person in a long time because of the pandemic," Hornbeck,
Federal budget measures for P.E.I. spud sector ‘bittersweet’ for head of potato board
CHARLOTTETOWN — The head of the Prince Edward Island Potato Board says he has mixed feelings about the $28 million earmarked in the new federal budget to help the Island's potato farming sector. Board general manager Greg Donald said he's still
