Category Archives: Politics
Germans snap up inflation-busting public transit tickets
BERLIN (AP) — Travelers in Germany will be able to crisscross the country for under $10 a month this summer as part of a government program intended to help combat rampant inflation, high fuel prices and climate change.
Where the Ontario leaders are on the campaign trail for June 1
Here's where the leaders of Ontario's main political parties are today: ____ Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford Toronto: Hosts a rally. 8 p.m. ____ NDP Leader Andrea Horwath Brampton: Talks about plan "to stop the cuts and fix health care." 9:30...
Quebec is no Louisiana, experts say as premier accused of stoking immigration fears
MONTREAL — Premier François Legault's assertion that Quebec risks turning into Louisiana if the province doesn't have more control over immigration is based more in pre-election posturing than reality, opposition politicians and experts said this week....
Tories failed to separate criticism of Chinese regime from Chinese communities: Brown
OTTAWA — Conservative leadership candidate Patrick Brown says he believes Canada can advance its trade relationship with China while at the same time take a stand against its human rights abuses. "I'm a firm believer that you can do both," Brown
Ottawa, N.W.T. in talks with U.S. charity about funding for Indigenous park guardians
Ottawa and Northwest Territories are in discussions with a large American charity about permanent funding for a program that puts First Nations people in charge of looking after parks and other conservation areas on their traditional lands. Representat...
B.C. to join small group of jurisdictions with decriminalization of hard drugs
VANCOUVER — British Columbia will soon join a handful of jurisdictions around the world where drug users are not criminalized for possessing small amounts of some illicit drugs for personal use. Critics say that while decriminalization is a positive fi...
Accusations fly after Myanmar bombing kills 1, injures 9
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government and its opponents traded accusations over a bomb that exploded Tuesday in the middle of the country’s largest city, Yangon, killing one and wounding nine others.
Slave reparations advocates hail historic California report
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The slavery reparations movement hit a watershed moment Wednesday with the release of an exhaustive report detailing California’s role in perpetuating discrimination against African Americans, a major step toward educating the publ...
Chinese foreign minister’s Pacific tour continues in Vanuatu
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Vanuatu on Wednesday for talks as he continued his regional island-hopping tour two days after failing to ink an ambitious deal with 10 South Pacific nations.
US sends rocket systems to Ukraine to stall Russian advance
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Wednesday unveiled a new $700 million package of sophisticated weapons for Ukraine in an urgent effort to prevent Russia from seizing the final swaths of land in the Donbas region. But the most advanced
