Category Archives: Politics
Canada’s emergency refugee program could accommodate millions of Ukrainians: minister
OTTAWA — Canada has designed a system with the potential to welcome millions of Ukrainians fleeing war to Canada, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said Thursday, as the government opened applications. The program, which marks a major departure from Can...
House panel launches probe of New Mexico 2020 election audit
WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional oversight committee said Thursday it has opened an investigation into a partisan audit of the 2020 election results that is taking place in New Mexico and was authorized by a Republican-led county commission.
Spanish authorities deploy 23,000 police amid trucker strike
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s government said Thursday it is mobilizing more than 23,000 police to crack down on striking truck drivers blamed for attacks on colleagues who haven’t joined the open-ended walkout.
COVID-19 hospitalizations likely to rise, but not peak, in Ontario: science table
TORONTO — COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions will likely rise as more public health measures are lifted, but nowhere near the levels seen at the peak of the Omicron wave, Ontario's expert science advisers said Thursday. New modelling released...
Big new California reservoir on track for $2.2B federal loan
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A long-delayed plan to build a giant reservoir in Northern California to help withstand the U.S. West’s notorious droughts got a huge financial boost on Thursday when the federal government signaled its intent to loan the
Quebec bill to end state of emergency criticized by opposition parties
QUEBEC — The Quebec government's bill aimed at ending the state of health emergency in the province appears to do no such thing, the province's opposition parties said Thursday. On Wednesday, Health Minister Christian Dubé tabled Bill 28, which is aime...
Russian invasion of Ukraine shows need to protect Canada’s North: Norad
OTTAWA — A senior Canadian general in charge of protecting North American airspace says Russia has the capability to strike this continent, bolstering the need for improved defensive systems. Russia has spent years investing in its military, including ...
Major UK ferry operator fires 800 crew, disrupting service
LONDON (AP) — A ferry operator owned by the government of Dubai sparked a furious response from workers and criticism from British authorities Thursday after firing 800 U.K.-based crew members without notice amid plans to replace them with cheaper staf...
Vaccinated travellers won’t need COVID-19 test to enter Canada as of April 1
OTTAWA — Vaccinated travellers will no longer need to show a COVID-19 test to enter Canada beginning April 1, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos officially announced Thursday. The change comes at the very beginning of the tourist season and the tail end
Biden’s St. Patrick’s Day scrambled by Irish PM’s COVID case
WASHINGTON (AP) — Call him a disappointed extrovert. President Joe Biden had to settle for meeting virtually Thursday with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin after the visiting leader’s positive test for COVID-19 scrambled plans to mark St. Patrick’s ...
