Politics

Alberta creates homelessness advisory panel, changes grant process

CALGARY 鈥� The Alberta government says it's creating an advisory panel to inform the province's approach to handling homelessness.

Dec 20, 2024 12:40 PM Read more >

小蓝视频 Civil Liberties Association calls for review of MAID legislation

VANCOUVER 鈥� The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association is calling on the provincial and federal governments to review medically-assisted dying legislation to ensure proper safeguards are in place.

Dec 20, 2024 12:37 PM Read more >

White House starts scrapping pending regulations on transgender athletes and student debt

WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Joe Biden is abandoning his efforts to provide some protections for transgender student athletes and cancel student loans for more than 38 million Americans, the first steps in an administration-wide plan to jettison pendi

Dec 20, 2024 12:23 PM Read more >

Home affordability improves, but still challenging for many Canadians: R小蓝视频 report

TORONTO 鈥� Home affordability in Canada is improving, according to a new R小蓝视频 Economics report, but strains remain. The report, released Friday, said home ownership costs in Canada have eased for three consecutive quarters.

Dec 20, 2024 12:21 PM Read more >

Tennessee's GOP governor is pardoning 43 more people. He stresses it's not like what Biden did

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) 鈥� Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee on Friday announced he is pardoning 43 people who have served out their sentences, stressing that his actions are 鈥渧ery different鈥� than President Joe Biden's recent wave of commutations .

Dec 20, 2024 12:19 PM Read more >

Nova Scotia budget update reduces deficit by $220M, mostly due to higher tax revenue

HALIFAX 鈥� Nova Scotia鈥檚 budget deficit for the current fiscal year is now projected at $247.5 million 鈥� almost $220 million less than estimated in last February鈥檚 budget.

Dec 20, 2024 12:00 PM Read more >

A look at the new faces in Justin Trudeau's cabinet

OTTAWA 鈥� A look at the new faces in Justin Trudeau's cabinet: Rachel Bendayan , official languages minister and associate minister of public safety: A Montreal MP first elected in 2019.

Dec 20, 2024 10:58 AM Read more >

Trump adds Europe to the list of US trade partners he's threatening with tariffs

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) 鈥� President-elect Donald Trump on Friday added the 27 countries that make up the European Union to the list of trade partners he's threatening with tariffs 鈥� unless the group takes steps to import more U.S. goods.

Dec 20, 2024 10:26 AM Read more >

Closures, Social Security checks, furloughs: What a government shutdown might mean

Congress has until midnight Friday to come up with a way to fund the government or federal agencies will shut down, meaning hundreds of thousands of federal employees could be sent home 鈥� or stay on the job without pay 鈥� just ahead of the holidays.

Dec 20, 2024 9:05 AM Read more >

Senate set to approve 235th judge of Biden's term, beating Trump's tally

WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Joe Biden is expected to secure the 235th judicial confirmation of his presidency as soon as Friday, an accomplishment that exceeds his predecessor's total by one after Democrats put extra emphasis on the federal courts fo

Dec 20, 2024 8:39 AM Read more >