Category Archives: Politics
Evacuation alert, flood and thunderstorm watches as B.C. braces for rain, snowmelt
VANCOUVER — The threat of flooding has prompted evacuation alerts in two communities in B.C.'s southern Interior, while several high streamflow advisories in the region have been upgraded to flood watches. The Regional District of Similkameen-Okanagan ...
World needs to up game against emerging infectious diseases: Dr. Theresa Tam
OTTAWA — Canada's chief public health officer says the world must erect better defences against transmissible viruses as climate change and other factors raise the risk we will see more emerging infectious diseases in the years to come. Dr. Theresa Tam...
Families of Uvalde, Buffalo victims to testify in Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — Parents of victims and survivors of the mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde will appear before a House committee next week in an effort to bring home the devastation of America's gun violence epidemic.
Trudeau to visit Norad, attend Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles next week
WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will attend next week's Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles as President Joe Biden summons leaders to talk about what's ailing the Western Hemisphere. On his way to California, Trudeau and Defence Minister ...
Myanmar says it will carry out first executions in decades
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military-installed government announced Friday that it will execute a former lawmaker from ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party and a veteran pro-democracy activist convicted of violating the country’s Counter-Terrorism Law, ...
Ex-Trump aide Navarro indicted; Meadows won’t be charged
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro has been indicted on charges that he refused to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, but the Justice Department spared two other
Bernard Drainville, creator of Quebec values charter, back in politics with CAQ
QUEBEC — A prominent Quebec radio host and the man behind the Parti Québécois's controversial values charter is making a return to provincial politics, this time under the Coalition Avenir Québec banner. The news of Bernard Drainville's political run w...
Ottawa spending $55 million to connect rural N.B. communities to high-speed internet
FREDERICTON — The federal government said Friday it will invest $55 million to expand high-speed internet in several rural, remote and Indigenous communities in New Brunswick. Rural Economic Development Minister Gudie Hutchings says the funding will he...
AP-NORC poll details rift between lay Catholics and bishops
The hardline stances of many conservative Catholic bishops in the U.S. are not shared by a majority of lay Catholics. Most of them say abortion should be legal, favor greater inclusion of LGBT people, and oppose the denial of Communion
Voter turnout hits all-time low for Ontario election
The majority of eligible voters in Ontario did not cast a ballot in Thursday's election, leading to the worst turnout in the province's history as the Progressive Conservatives secured a second majority government. Unofficial results from Elections On...
