Category Archives: Politics
Mi’kmaq chiefs reject Acadian-Métis as distinct group, oppose Vautour N.B. land claim
FREDERICTON — Mi'kmaq chiefs in New Brunswick are speaking out to oppose the land claim by the family of the late Jackie Vautour involving property within Kouchibouguac National Park. For more than 50 years, the Vautours have claimed they are Acadian-...
Rudy Giuliani associate pleads guilty in fraud scheme
NEW YORK (AP) — An associate of Rudy Giuliani pleaded guilty Friday to a conspiracy charge alleging that he defrauded investors in a company supposedly created to prevent people from being defrauded.
Climate protests held in cities across Canada as part of global movement
MONTREAL — Protesters gathered in cities across Canada on Friday to denounce government inaction on fighting climate change as part of a series of worldwide environmental protests. The events were part of the Fridays for Future movement that is inspire...
Federal deficit $75.3B for April-to-January period of fiscal 2021-22
OTTAWA — The federal government posted a budgetary deficit of $75.3 billion for the April-to-January period of its 2021–22 fiscal year. In its monthly fiscal monitor report, the Finance Department says the tally compared with a deficit of $268.2 billio...
Supreme Court Justice Thomas released from hospital
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Clarence Thomas was discharged from the hospital Friday after a stay of nearly a week, the Supreme Court said. Thomas, 73, had
Israel to host top Arab diplomats during Blinken’s visit
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Friday it would host the foreign ministers of the United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Bahrain during U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit early next week, in what would be the latest in a flurry
US, EU sign data transfer deal to ease privacy concerns
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and United States made a breakthrough in their yearslong battle over the privacy of data that flows across the Atlantic with a preliminary agreement Friday that paves the way for Europeans' personal information to
60 miles from Ukraine, Biden sees refugee crisis in Poland
RZESZOW, Poland (AP) — Just 60 miles from Ukraine, President Joe Biden saluted Poland on Friday for welcoming more than 2 million refugees who have fled Russia's invasion. Then he met with humanitarian experts on the ground about what will
West African leaders make demands after coups in the region
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — West African leaders on Friday said they would uphold the regional sanctions imposed on Mali in January after its military leaders said they would stay in power for four more years instead of holding an election
Greece: Independence Day parade held with spectators allowed
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Thousands of people lined the streets in central Athens as fighter jets flew overhead and tanks rolled down the street outside Parliament during Greece’s independence day parade Friday, the first to be open to spectators in
