Ontario budget proposes spreading public service workforce out across province
TORONTO — Ontario's Progressive Conservatives want to spread the public service workforce across the province in a bid to stimulate local economies and save money. The government is also looking at hybrid work environments for public service employees...
Ontario Tories try to cater to drivers with measures in election budget
TORONTO — Ontario's Progressive Conservatives want to tweak auto insurance rules to allow more choice, ensure fairness and crack down on fraud. The broad plans are outlined in the government’s annual budget tabled Thursday, a document that doubles a...
What’s in the Ontario budget? Highlights from the 2022 fiscal plan
Ontario's Progressive Conservative government tabled a budget Thursday that effectively doubles as its platform for the spring election. Here are the highlights: OFF THE PATH TO BALANCE The budget lays out $198.6 billion in spending, with billions ...
Judge halts Kemp’s unlimited fundraising in governor’s race
ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ruled that a special campaign committee created by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp cannot raise money unless and until he secures his party's nomination.
Info watchdog raps Justice Department over six-year access to information extension
OTTAWA — The Justice Department should not have told an MP it would take six years to respond to his request for documents about plans to ensure the safety of online platforms, the federal information watchdog has ruled. New Democrat MP
Drop in US GDP challenges Biden’s pitch to voters
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s upbeat message that the economy is cruising along hit a troublesome speed bump on Thursday when the federal government reported that U.S. gross domestic product shrank during the first three months of 2022.
B.C. announces $19 million in funding to Forests Ministry to fight climate change
VANCOUVER — Both sides on the issue of old-growth logging in British Columbia are so polarized they "can't see the forest for the trees," Forests Minister Katrine Conroy said Thursday. Conroy told those attending the BC Council of Forest Industries co...
Missouri House, Senate GOP push to ban transgender athletes
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Republican state lawmakers on Thursday pushed to restrict transgender children's participation in sports, with the House passing a ban and the Senate debating a bill to strip funding from schools that allow transgend...
Juneau officials question police plan to buy armored vehicle
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Some officials in Juneau have raised concerns about militarization of the police force after learning of the local police department’s plans to buy an armored security vehicle that can seat 12 officers.
Big US energy transmission projects inch closer to approval
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The federal government has finished another environmental review of a proposed transmission line that will carry wind-generated electricity from rural New Mexico to big cities in the West and similar reviews are planned for two...
