Category Archives: Politics
Who’s in, who’s out and who else may enter the Conservative party leadership race
OTTAWA — With Sept.10 picked as the date for when the Conservative Party of Canada will have a new leader, time is ticking for prospective candidates and their teams to get into place. Those running have until April 19 to
Panel calls for urgent action on safer drug supply in B.C. to prevent overdoses
VICTORIA — A report into an investigation of 6,007 overdose deaths in British Columbia calls on the province to urgently develop a policy to distribute a safer supply of drugs and offer better health supports with a plan that would
Biden’s billion-dollar cleanup pledge puts Great Lakes back in environment limelight
WASHINGTON — Long before climate change seized the global conscience, when the environment struggled for political traction, North America's Great Lakes were a dumping ground — a toxic monument to industrial excess on either side of the Canada-U.S. bor...
‘Rewriting history’: Military official says NATO trying to counter Russian propaganda
CALGARY — A Canadian military official says the war over Ukraine is being fought on two fronts — armed conflict and disinformation. And more work needs to be done to silence the Russian propaganda machine, says Lt.-Col. Yves Desbiens. Desbiens, who has...
Ukraine can’t negotiate with ‘gun to head,’ says Joly as Trudeau presses allies
BERLIN — Canada's foreign affairs minister called for a ceasefire in Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Wednesday, arguing the Ukrainian government needs the breathing room as it heads into talks with the Putin regime. "We need to make sure to support
Israel, Turkey vow to heal rift despite sharp differences
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey and Israel agreed on Wednesday to rebuild their relationship despite their differences, as Israel's President Isaac Herzog became the first Israeli leader to visit Turkey in 14 years.
With Ukraine war, Europe’s geopolitical map is moving again
BRUSSELS (AP) — Even though Russia has lost influence and friends since the collapse of the Soviet empire in 1989, the nuclear superpower still holds sway over several of its neighbors in Europe and keeps others in an uneasy neutrality.
Live updates: U.S. House approves Russia oil import ban bill
The latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war: WASHINGTON -- The U.S. House overwhelmingly approved legislation that would ban Russian oil imports to the United States, an effort
Civil rights leader Young, turning 90, decries ‘rancor’
ATLANTA (AP) — In the lead-up to his 90th birthday, civil rights icon Andrew Young delivered a sermon on Wednesday that lamented the war in Ukraine and “rancor” in the world, but also expressed hope for peace.
Changing snowfall makes it harder to fight fire with fire
DECKERS, Colo. (AP) — Dripping flaming fuel as they go, a line of workers slowly descends a steep, snow-covered hillside above central Colorado’s South Platte River, torching piles of woody debris that erupt into flames shooting two stories high.
