Category Archives: Politics
2 SC death row inmates ask court not to schedule executions
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Lawyers for two men on South Carolina's death row have asked the state's Supreme Court to hold off on setting execution dates while they challenge a new law allowing executions by firing squad.
Takeaways: Joy, tears, culture wars dominate Jackson hearing
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's not just Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson who is being scrutinized. Senators are also being watched at this milestone moment in history considering the first Black woman for the high court.
US Capitol reopening for limited public tours after 2 years
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Capitol will reopen to the public on Monday for guided tours for limited groups of people who have registered in advance, congressional officials said, two years after the coronavirus pandemic prompted the cessation of such
NDP expects phased-in approach to national pharmacare promise in deal with Liberals
OTTAWA — NDP health critic Don Davies says he expects the Liberal government to fulfil its renewed promise to deliver national pharmacare, but perhaps not all at once. The Liberals have promised in their new confidence and supply agreement with the
Probe: State House speaker, others get grand jury subpoenas
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's Republican House speaker says he and other state lawmakers have been subpoenaed to appear before a federal grand jury in an intensifying federal investigation, following a former lawmaker's guilty plea to wire fraud ...
Nova Scotia releases largest-ever capital budget at over $1.5 billion
HALIFAX — Spending for hospitals, schools and roads in Nova Scotia is poised to hit its highest level at $1.5 billion for the 2022-23 fiscal year. The capital budget released Wednesday by Finance Minister Allan MacMaster has the province's building pla...
Group forms to support Indigenous-led searches of residential school burial sites
WINNIPEG — Indigenous organizations in Manitoba, officials from the city of Winnipeg and the provincial and federal governments are forming a council to support searches for burial sites of children who attended residential schools. Reconciliation Min...
Electric vehicle battery plant to be built in Windsor, Ont.
Automaker Stellantis and South Korean battery-maker LG Energy Solution will build a large-scale electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor, Ont., a "game-changing" announcement federal and provincial leaders said positions Ontario to build the cars of t...
Quebec to offer fourth COVID shot to older and vulnerable adults as BA.2 surges
MONTREAL — The Quebec government will offer a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine to older and vulnerable Quebecers amid a rise in infections driven by the contagious BA.2 subvariant, the province’s interim public health director said Wednesday. Dr. Luc Bo...
With cases rising, UK marks 2 years since 1st virus lockdown
LONDON (AP) — Britain paused Wednesday to remember the thousands of lives lost to the coronavirus in the two years since Prime Minister Boris Johnson plunged the country into its first lockdown with the command: “You must stay at home.”
