Category Archives: Politics
Ontario promises October minimum wage increase to $15.50
TORONTO — Ontario's minimum wage is set to increase by 50 cents this fall, the Progressive Conservative government announced Tuesday, though the raise won't come until after the provincial election. The proposed wage increase to $15.50 per hour would ...
Nebraska Democrats announce nominee for special election
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Democrats have picked state Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks of Lincoln to run in a special election to replace former U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, a Republican who resigned last month after he was convicted of
McGill threatens to sanction student union over pro-Palestine policy
MONTREAL — McGill University is threatening to sanction its student union, including by prohibiting it from using the McGill name, because the association championed a pro-Palestinian policy that the school and Jewish groups say is discriminatory. The ...
Appeals court says US downplayed coal mine’s climate impacts
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. officials improperly downplayed the climate change effects from burning coal when they approved a large expansion of an underground Montana coal mine that would release an estimated 190 million tons of greenhouse gasses into...
White House to extend student loan pause through August
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration plans to freeze federal student loan payments through Aug. 31, extending a moratorium that has allowed millions of Americans to postpone payments during the coronavirus pandemic, according to an administration...
Canada looking closely at Arctic as part of defence spending increase: Trudeau
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is hinting that new investments are coming for Canada’s Arctic as tensions with Russia, and Moscow’s unpredictability, incite new fears of a potential attack from the north. Yet the nature and scope of any coming
Cryptocurrencies gaining traction among Conservatives — here are some reasons why
OTTAWA — Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner says she hopes her bill to help grow the cryptocurrency sector will get Canadian legislators talking about it in a non-polarized way. The private member's bill she introduced in February, which was debate...
Court hearing set as Tennessee town fights state takeover
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A hearing is scheduled Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by a majority-Black Tennessee town located near the site of a planned Ford pickup truck factory as it tries to fight off a state takeover of its
Nova Scotia legislature moves to hybrid sitting following COVID-19 outbreak
HALIFAX — Nearly two weeks after it opened for its spring sitting, the Nova Scotia legislature is scaling back to a hybrid sitting because of a COVID-19 outbreak. The change does not limit the number of members who can attend in
White House: US, allies to ban new investments in Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Western allies plan to pile additional sanctions on Russia on Wednesday after the emergence of troubling new evidence of war crimes in Ukraine, according to the White House. The new penalties will include
