Alberta mountain town will try to appeal development order by provincial tribunal
CANMORE, Alta. — A popular Alberta mountain community will try to appeal a decision by a provincial tribunal ordering it to allow two major developments that would almost double the town's population in the coming decades. Town council had rejected the...
With new senator, Nebraska abortion opponents gain ground
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Abortion-rights opponents inched closer to a filibuster-proof super-majority in the Nebraska Legislature on Tuesday that would let them outlaw the procedure if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns its landmark legalization ruling, as it ...
Quebecers not interested in sovereignty, says ex-PQ candidate now running for Legault
LÉVIS, Que. — Quebecers have put the idea of sovereignty behind them, a former Parti Québécois cabinet minister said Tuesday as he was formally announced as a candidate for the Coalition Avenir Québec. Bernard Drainville made the comments after he was
Former Kenney cabinet minister Leela Aheer running to replace him as UCP leader
EDMONTON — A United Conservative backbencher removed from Premier Jason Kenney’s cabinet after publicly criticizing him is running to replace him in the party’s upcoming leadership race. Leela Aheer, speaking on the Real Talk Ryan Jespersen podcast, sa...
Party divide prompts 2 Ontario MPs to switch allegiances in Conservative leadership
OTTAWA — Two Ontario members of Parliament switched allegiances in the Conservative leadership race Tuesday as growing divisions prompted them to throw their support from Patrick Brown to Pierre Poilievre in the name of party unity. Flamborough-Glanbro...
Treasury Secretary Yellen expects inflation to ‘remain high’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen acknowledged Tuesday that she and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell “could have used a better word” than “transitory” when describing the expected run of inflation in the U.S. economy. She added that ...
30 cases in a month: Abortion, guns top justices’ to-do list
WASHINGTON (AP) — Curbing abortion rights and expanding the right to be armed in public are long-sought goals of the conservative legal movement that the Supreme Court seems poised to deliver within the next month.
Bureaucrat tried to undercut cabinet’s powers with shipbuilding project leak: Crown
OTTAWA — A federal public servant was accused Tuesday of trying to undercut cabinet's decision-making powers by intentionally leaking sensitive documents about a $700-million shipbuilding project. Crown prosecutor Mark Covan levelled the accusation dur...
Federal Court says it lacks jurisdiction to hear CSIS employee’s discrimination claim
OTTAWA — A federal judge has tossed out a Canadian Security Intelligence Service employee's discrimination lawsuit against the spy service, saying Sameer Ebadi should have followed the internal grievance procedures available to him. In his newly relea...
Chief electoral officer wants law against false claims meant to undermine elections
OTTAWA — Canada's chief electoral officer is calling for changes to the country's election law to combat foreign interference in elections and the spread of misinformation. Stéphane Perrault has suggested creating a new offence of making false statemen...