Politics

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government's promise to boost payments in its benefits plan starts this month for more than 285,000 families.

TORONTO — Canada’s inflation rate fell to 2.8 per cent in June, down from 3.4 per cent in May, and putting it within the Bank of Canada’s target range for the first time since March 2021.

LONDON (AP) — TikTok needs to do more to get ready for new European Union digital rules designed to keep users safe online, a top official said Tuesday.

OTTAWA — Canada must build more electricity generation in the next 25 years than it has over the last century in order to support a net-zero emissions economy by 2050, according to a new report from the Public Policy Forum.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Retired Navy combat veteran Hung Cao , who ran an energetic but unsuccessful campaign last year for a blue-leaning northern Virginia U.S. House seat, has set his sights on the U.S.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The most important — and mysterious — “football” in the world isn't really a football at all.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Marine scientists and conservationists are calling on officials to pause Newfoundland and Labrador's commercial capelin fishery.

MIAMI (AP) — Several civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit on Monday challenging Florida's new immigration law.

LONDON (AP) — For Sadie James, the cost-of-living crisis in Britain just never seems to ease. First, it was skyrocketing energy and food costs stemming from Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Republicans, under orders of the U.S.