Politics

EDMONTON — Alberta's government is replacing its child-care subsidy program with a $15-a-day flat rate for children kindergarten age or younger.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Conspiracy theories about vaccines . Secret meetings with dictators. An enemies list . President Donald Trump’ s most controversial Cabinet nominees — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's education minister has fired the entire Victoria School Board after a lengthy dispute over its refusal to allow police in schools except in emergencies, in a rare move the ousted chair called "profoundly undemocratic.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — When North Dakota’s petroleum association was going to hold a banquet honoring top fracking executives last year, it turned to Gov. Doug Burgum.

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling for a joint Canada-U.S. Norad military base in Northern Canada, expanding the organization's aerospace and maritime defence efforts.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed Doug Burgum as interior secretary late Thursday after President Donald Trump tapped the North Dakota billionaire to spearhead the Republican administration's ambitions to boost fossil fuel production .

CALGARY — The Alberta government has named Assisted Living Alberta as the last of four new public agencies taking over provincial health care from Alberta Health Services.

OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh vowed Thursday to force a spring election at the end of March, when Parliament is scheduled to return.

Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke said potential U.S. tariffs would put hundreds of jobs in her community at risk, as she became the latest mayor to join an alliance advocating for Canadian border communities.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers is gearing up to announce another Republican bid for U.S.