Skip to content

Politics

B.C. Green Leader Furstenau looks to push 'reality' politics in 2024 election year

B.C. Green Leader Furstenau looks to push 'reality' politics in 2024 election year

VICTORIA — The approaching 2024 election in British Columbia is an opportunity for the Green Party to put forward issues that raise the bar for the province without worrying about wins and losses, Green Leader Sonia Furstenau says.

Two county officials in Arizona plead not guilty to charges for delaying 2022 election certification

PHOENIX (AP) — Two officials from a rural Arizona county pleaded not guilty Thursday to felony charges for delaying the certification of their county’s 2022 midterm election results.
Federal government to give $471 million to Toronto in housing deal

Federal government to give $471 million to Toronto in housing deal

Toronto will receive nearly half a billion dollars in housing funding from the federal government as part of an agreement announced Thursday that would see the city fast-track the construction of close to 12,000 additional units over the next three y
Harris to kick off 2024 with stops in Nevada, South Carolina, home to some of Democrats' first votes

Harris to kick off 2024 with stops in Nevada, South Carolina, home to some of Democrats' first votes

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is visiting Nevada and South Carolina next month, two of the earliest states on the Democratic presidential calendar, where she'll court voters she and President Joe Biden hope to win over.

Doctors, nurses call for reforms to prevent overcrowding in Canada's emergency rooms

Overcrowded emergency rooms are frustrating patients and staff in parts of the country as respiratory illness season exacerbates long waits for care.
Biden should keep expanding approach to Black voters, group of Democratic strategists says

Biden should keep expanding approach to Black voters, group of Democratic strategists says

ATLANTA (AP) — Some top Democrats are worried that a dip in Black voter turnout, along with other challenges, could doom President Joe Biden and his party in 2024.
Wisconsin leader pivots, says impeachment of state Supreme Court justice over redistricting unlikely

Wisconsin leader pivots, says impeachment of state Supreme Court justice over redistricting unlikely

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican leader of Wisconsin’s Assembly who had threatened possible impeachment of a new liberal state Supreme Court justice over her views on redistricting now says such a move is “super unlikely.
Canada learned lessons from Trump's first term — and vice versa, says ambassador

Canada learned lessons from Trump's first term — and vice versa, says ambassador

WASHINGTON — It's a truism in foreign-policy circles that the world learned some hard lessons from Donald Trump's volatile first term as president.
Trump transformed the Supreme Court. Now the justices could decide his political and legal future

Trump transformed the Supreme Court. Now the justices could decide his political and legal future

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump touts his transformation of the U.S. Supreme Court as one of his presidency's greatest accomplishments. Now his legal and political future may lie in the hands of the court he pushed to the right.
PC attack ads show 'lack of civility,' new Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie says

PC attack ads show 'lack of civility,' new Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie says

TORONTO — Bonnie Crombie, the new leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, says she hasn't seen the attack ads the Progressive Conservatives have launched against her — but she has plenty of thoughts on them.