Category Archives: Politics
Alberta NDP leader ridicules accusations she’s colluding with new UCP MLA Brian Jean
CALGARY — Alberta's Opposition leader is ridiculing accusations from the governing United Conservatives that she and the UCP's newest member of the legislature are in cahoots. Rachel Notley calls it one of the “most tortured attack lines” she has ever ...
Oligarchs drop defamation lawsuit over Trump-Russia dossier
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three Russian oligarchs who said their reputations were smeared by a dossier of opposition research examining Donald Trump's ties to Russia have agreed to dismiss their defamation lawsuit, according to a notice filed in federal court ...
Beaver Lake Cree Nation to prove anew it needs funding for suit against feds, Alberta
OTTAWA — An Alberta First Nation fighting what it calls overdevelopment of its traditional territory has been given a second chance to convince the courts that governments should advance money for its legal bills so it can spend the revenues
Landfill cleanup slowed after more nuclear waste found
BRIDGETON, Mo. (AP) — Nuclear waste buried in a Missouri landfill that sits near an underground smolder is more extensive than first believed, and is part of the reason the $205 million Superfund project that began nearly four years ago
US education secretary to Florida LGBTQ kids: Got your back
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — In another clash between President Joe Biden’s administration and Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona spoke with LGBTQ students to say the federal government supports them even if the g...
Nova Scotia to keep school mask mandate in place until mid-April
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia will keep its mask mandate in place for public schools as it drops the requirement for most other public spaces on Monday. Officials announced the change Friday, saying it’s in response to advice from a pediatric advisory
California governor floats $100M plan for tribes to buy land
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday proposed giving Native American tribes $100 million so they can purchase and preserve their ancestral lands. The
Feds: Guard lied in probe of gun found at NYC federal jail
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal correctional officer was arrested Friday for lying to investigators after a loaded gun was found in an inmate's cell at a federal jail in New York City — the same troubled lockup where financier
Colorado Senate hopeful ‘argumentative’ with police at party
DENVER (AP) — Gino Campana, a developer who is running for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Colorado, was warned by police that he risked being arrested for obstruction after he became argumentative with them about being cited for
General: Iran, Israel missile strikes put US troops at risk
WASHINGTON (AP) — The exchange of missile strikes by Iran and Israel in Iraq and Syria puts U.S. forces at risk, the top U.S. commander for the Middle East said Friday, just days after an Iranian missile barrage struck near
