Category Archives: Politics
Oregon Legislature approves overtime pay for farmworkers
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Farmworkers in Oregon would earn overtime pay under a bill that the Legislature approved on Thursday, after more than 1,000 people submitted testimony, including farmworkers who felt they have been taken advantage of for too long
Magna joins other Canadian companies in idling Russian operations over Ukraine war
TORONTO — Magna International Inc. is joining other Canadian companies in standing up against aggression in Ukraine by idling its Russian operations. "Like most in the international community, we remain deeply concerned with the very unfortunate situat...
Groups want educational materials from fossil fuel companies out of B.C. classrooms
VANCOUVER — The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment wants to stop fossil fuel companies from providing educational materials to public schools in British Columbia. The association's B.C. chapter released an open letter to Education M...
N.W.T. government says it didn’t know plane was carrying Russian nationals
YELLOWKNIFE — The Northwest Territories government says it had no idea there were two Russian nationals on board a plane that has been grounded in Yellowknife. The plane appeared to be on its way to Resolute, Nvt., on Tuesday after arriving
Kentucky governor: No place for antisemitism in Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday there is no place for antisemitism in the state after a Republican state lawmaker expounded on the sexual habits of Jewish women during a legislative debate, a monologue several Jewish
Members of Congress highlight missing minority women, girls
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Members of a congressional panel focused on civil rights and liberties shared sobering statistics Thursday on the disproportionate number of Indigenous, Black and other minority women and girls who are being reported missing in...
Why a photo of Freeland holding a black-and-red scarf sparked a firestorm online
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland was photographed holding a scarf bearing colours associated with a far-right Ukrainian paramilitary group from the Second World War this past weekend. Both her office and the Ukrainian Canadian Congress suggest t...
Ottawa to block the ‘wholesale transfer’ of wireless licences in Shaw-Rogers deal
Rogers Communications Inc. said Thursday it still expects its $26-billion takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. to close in the first half of this year, even after Ottawa stated its intention to block the wholesale transfer of Shaw's wireless licences. ...
NJ fines DraftKings $150,000 for allowing proxy betting
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey gambling regulators have fined DraftKings $150,000 for allowing a Florida man to make online sports bets from his home by having a friend who was present in New Jersey place the bets for
Iowa governor signs restrictive transgender sports bill
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law Thursday a bill that prohibits transgender females from participating in girls high school sports and women’s college athletics, rejecting opponents' argument that she would harm vulnerable...
