Politics

Ontario adds $20.5M in funding to fight wildfires, including for training and drones

TIMMINS, Ont. — Ontario's natural resources and forestry minister says the government will spend an additional $20.5 million over three years to help fight wildfires. Graydon Smith, making an announcement in Timmins, Ont.

Oct 12, 2023 10:22 AM Read more >

'What about Gaza': Canadian woman stuck in Gaza fears death, pleads for Ottawa's help

MISSISSAUGA — A Canadian woman trapped in Gaza says she is afraid she could die at any moment as Israeli warplanes drop bombs around her in the sealed-off Palestinian territory, and she's pleading for Ottawa's help.

Oct 12, 2023 9:13 AM Read more >

25 years after Matthew Shepard's death, LGBTQ+ activists say equal-rights progress is at risk

It's been 25 years since Matthew Shepard , a gay 21-year-old University of Wyoming student, died six days after he was savagely beaten by two young men and tied to a remote fence to meet his fate.

Oct 12, 2023 9:00 AM Read more >

Joan Marie Aylward appointed Newfoundland and Labrador's new lieutenant-governor

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the appointment of a new lieutenant-governor to serve Newfoundland and Labrador.

Oct 12, 2023 8:42 AM Read more >

Toronto to hike vacant home tax to 3 per cent, pledging millions to housing program

Toronto city councillors have voted to hike the city's vacant home tax. Council voted 21-2 in favour of the move to increase the tax from one per cent to three per cent of a vacant home's assessed value starting in the 2024 tax year.

Oct 12, 2023 8:18 AM Read more >

More Canadians support using notwithstanding clause in 'parental rights' debate: poll

OTTAWA — Nearly half of Canadians say they support their province using the notwithstanding clause to ensure that schools tell parents if their child wishes to use a different name or pronoun, a new poll suggests, and more people support that idea th

Oct 12, 2023 1:00 AM Read more >

Donald Trump attacks President Biden on foreign policy as Israel-Hamas war rages

MIAMI (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his record governing the nation for four years without any new wars, and criticized President Joe Biden’s foreign policy as the world watches a war that has already claimed 2,300 lives

Oct 11, 2023 8:45 PM Read more >

Federal judge won't block suspension of right to carry guns in some New Mexico parks, playgrounds

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge cleared the way Wednesday for enforcement of a public health order that suspends the right to carry guns at public parks and playgrounds in New Mexico's largest metro area. The order from U.S.

Oct 11, 2023 8:04 PM Read more >

Newsom signs laws to fast-track housing on churches’ lands, streamline housing permitting process

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Religious institutions and nonprofit colleges in California will be allowed to turn their parking lots and other properties into low-income housing under a new law aimed at combating the ongoing homeless crisis .

Oct 11, 2023 7:26 PM Read more >

To run or not to run? New California senator faces tough decision on whether to enter 2024 campaign

LOS ANGELES (AP) — To run or not to run? The crowded, wide-open race to succeed the late U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein in California has hit a suspenseful turn as candidates wait for newly appointed Sen.

Oct 11, 2023 7:01 PM Read more >