Category Archives: Politics
EU regulator starts reviewing Spanish COVID vaccine booster
MADRID (AP) — The European Union's drug regulator said Tuesday it has begun an accelerated review process for an experimental coronavirus vaccine booster made by the Spanish company Hipra.
Orthodox patriarch denounces ‘atrocious invasion’ of Ukraine
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians on Tuesday denounced Russia's invasion of Ukraine as an “atrocious" act that is causing enormous suffering.
Biden is skeptical Russia is scaling back operations in Kyiv
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday said he wasn't yet convinced that Russia's announcement that it would scale back military operations near the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv will lead to a fundamental shift in the war.
Protest in India’s capital on 2nd day of nationwide strike
NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of workers marched with the red flags of the labor unions and chanted anti-government slogans in India’s capital on Tuesday as part of a two-day nationwide strike that began Monday.
EXPLAINER: What would paying for natural gas in rubles mean?
BERLIN (AP) — Europe's already high gas prices have gyrated since Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans to have importers pay for Russian natural gas in rubles instead of dollars and euros.
Oil and gas sector emissions need to be cut two-fifths by 2030, new climate plan says
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the Canadian oil industry Tuesday that it should use the massive bump in profits from the current surge in prices to fund a transition to cut their emissions. The federal government unveiled an emissions-redu...
With daycare deals done, Liberals look to craft bill to enshrine child-care system
OTTAWA — The federal families minister says coming child-care legislation will enshrine a long-term role for Ottawa in the daycare system — and the new deal with the New Democrats gives them some time to get it right. Karina Gould says
Federal NDP, unions happy Liberals will include strikes in anti-scab law
OTTAWA — Including striking workers in a proposed anti-scab bill was a “major component” of negotiations while hashing out a confidence and supply agreement with the Liberal government, according to the NDP. The deal promises to introduce a new law by...
Ontario to permanently set speed limits on some highway sections at 110 km/h
Ontario is keeping speed limits of 110 kilometres per hour on six sections of provincial highways. The province announced Tuesday that the boosted speed limits in some areas of highway, which had been introduced as a pilot project in 2019, would
Nova Scotia tables deficit budget with major health-care spending boost for 2022-23
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s Progressive Conservative government is forecasting a $506.2-million deficit in its first budget as it focuses on an election campaign pledge to spend heavily on the province's ailing health system. The $13.2-billion budget for t...
