Category Archives: Politics
Trucker mandate protest hits DC, snarling local traffic
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of truckers and other motorists who have been doing rolling protests on highways encircling Washington made their way into the nation's capital Monday, snarling already-congested traffic in a demonstration against COVID-19 ma...
Inflation pushes B.C.’s minimum wage up by 45 cents to $15.65 per hour
SURREY, B.C. — The British Columbia government is pushing the minimum wage up to $15.65 an hour, which it says is the highest among the provinces. Labour Minister Harry Bains announced Mondaythat the hourly wage will jump by 45 cents starting
Manitoba bill would allow cosmetic pesticides on lawns, municipal boulevards
WINNIPEG — Manitoba homeowners and municipalities could soon more freely use pesticides on their lawns and public areas. A bill put before the legislature Monday by the Progressive Conservative government proposes an end to a restriction on cosmetic pe...
EU imposes 4th set of sanctions against Russia for war
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union announced late Monday that the 27-nation bloc has approved a new set of sanctions to punish Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine.
Lewis calls Bill 21 ‘religious discrimination,’ Poilievre hopes Quebec repeals law
OTTAWA — Conservative leadership contender and rookie MP Leslyn Lewis on Monday called a Quebec law restricting public servants in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols at work "explicit religious discrimination." Lewis, who is runnin...
‘The whole system falls apart’: Nunavut group concerned about Ottawa care home
IQALUIT, Nunavut — A group representing Nunavut elders says a seniors home in Ottawa is failing Inuit who are sent there. In a March 7 letter to Nunavut Health Minister John Main, the Pairijait Tigumivik Society presents a long list of
Pelosi pushes to show united Democrats ahead of midterms
NEW YORK (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi teamed up with one of the emerging progressives in Congress on Monday for a town hall in New York, showing a united Democratic front months ahead of the midterm elections.
EU’s Borrell says Western Balkans’ accession a priority
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — The European Union's foreign policy chief on Monday reaffirmed the 27-country bloc's desire to integrate the Western Balkans, saying it's a "strategic priority.”
Ex-EPA leader Wheeler to serve as adviser to Youngkin
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Andrew Wheeler, the former Trump administration Environmental Protection Agency administrator, will serve as a senior adviser to Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin's administration after Senate Democrats rejected his appointment to a C...
Biden attends first in-person fundraiser since pandemic
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday held his first in-person fundraiser since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, marking a return to a traditional form of politics that many Democrats eschewed as a matter of public safety over
