Politics

Budget update: Newfoundland and Labrador projects $154-million deficit

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Newfoundland and Labrador government is inching closer to balancing its books, according to a fiscal update on Tuesday.

Oct 31, 2023 12:54 PM Read more >

Ontario extends 5.7-cent gas tax cut to June 30, 2024

TORONTO — Ontario is extending a 5.7-cent cut to the gas tax until next summer, Premier Doug Ford announced Tuesday. The government launched the cut in July 2022 and has extended it several times since, and now the reduction – along with a 5.

Oct 31, 2023 12:38 PM Read more >

The Supreme Court wrestles with social media cases that have echoes of Donald Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court wrestled Tuesday with whether public officials can block critics from commenting on their social media accounts, an issue that first arose in a case involving former President Donald Trump.

Oct 31, 2023 12:12 PM Read more >

Former Liberal MP Rodger Cuzner and four others appointed to rep N.B., N.S. in Senate

OTTAWA — Former Liberal MP Rodger Cuzner, who was most recently Canada's consul general in Boston, has been named a senator for Nova Scotia.

Oct 31, 2023 9:29 AM Read more >

Autoworkers are the latest to spotlight the power of US labor. What is the state of unions today?

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. labor unions are once again flexing their muscles in the national spotlight. The United Auto Workers' tentative agreements with Detroit's Big Three automakers could end the union's six-week strike.

Oct 31, 2023 9:02 AM Read more >

Group seeks to clear names of all accused, convicted or executed for witchcraft in Massachusetts

BOSTON (AP) — In 1648, Margaret Jones, a midwife, became the first person in Massachusetts — the second in New England — to be executed for witchcraft, decades before the infamous Salem witch trials .

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Battle for control of Virginia Legislature may hinge on a state senate race with independent streak

FREDERICKSBURG, Va.

Oct 30, 2023 10:23 PM Read more >

Democratic U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer from Oregon says he won't run for reelection next year

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon's Democratic U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer announced Monday that he won't be running for reelection next year. Blumenauer has represented Oregon's solidly Democratic 3rd Congressional District since 1996.

Oct 30, 2023 8:08 PM Read more >

Manitoba Public Insurance workers reject offer, remain on the picket line

WINNIPEG — Workers at Manitoba's Crown-owned auto insurance corporation rejected the latest contract offer Monday and remained on strike.

Oct 30, 2023 8:02 PM Read more >

Feds ban WeChat, Kaspersky apps from government-issued devices over security concerns

OTTAWA — The federal government is banning WeChat and Kaspersky applications from its phones over security concerns.

Oct 30, 2023 7:58 PM Read more >