Politics

Vancouver man's family in Gaza ponders whether to stay together so they die together

Bombs had scarcely started falling on the Gaza Strip last month when Omar Mansour's family realized they had a crucial question to resolve: would it be better to face death together or apart? One day after Hamas fighters stormed into Israel — slaught

Nov 6, 2023 1:00 AM Read more >

Canadians stuck in Gaza tentatively set to leave as early as Tuesday

Dalia Salim has spent the last few days desperately trying to pass messages on to her father from the Canadian government about when he will be able to escape the besieged Gaza Strip.

Nov 5, 2023 7:30 PM Read more >

Premiers to focus on energy costs, health care at Halifax meeting of leaders

The effect of carbon pricing measures on the rising cost of living across Canada is slated to take centre stage at this week's meeting of the country's premiers and territorial leaders in Halifax.

Nov 5, 2023 1:58 PM Read more >

New book commemorates former Montreal neighbourhood bulldozed for Expo 67

MONTREAL — There is almost nothing to suggest that the mix of parking lots and industrial lands near Montreal's Victoria Bridge was once a vibrant residential neighbourhood.

Nov 5, 2023 11:54 AM Read more >

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds will endorse Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for president, AP sources say

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov.

Nov 5, 2023 9:49 AM Read more >

Trump's decades of testimony provide some clues about how he'll fight for his real estate empire

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has testified in court as a football owner, casino builder and airline buyer. He bragged in a deposition that he saved “millions of lives” by deterring nuclear war as president.

Nov 5, 2023 7:28 AM Read more >

Virginia school board elections face a pivotal moment as a cozy corner of democracy turns toxic

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — The “crossroads of the Civil War,” as Virginia’s Spotsylvania County calls itself, is once again a cauldron of hostilities, this time minus the muskets.

Nov 5, 2023 7:06 AM Read more >

Virginia school board elections face a pivotal moment as a cozy corner of democracy turns toxic

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — The “crossroads of the Civil War,” as Virginia’s Spotsylvania County calls itself, is once again a cauldron of hostilities, this time minus the muskets.

Nov 5, 2023 7:05 AM Read more >

Mississippi has a history of voter suppression. Many see signs of change as Black voters reengage

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A few years ago, Tiffany Wilburn just didn’t see the point in voting any longer.

Nov 5, 2023 5:59 AM Read more >

Trump's decades of testimony provide some clues about how he'll fight for his real estate empire

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has testified in court as a football owner, casino builder and airline buyer. He bragged in a deposition that he saved “millions of lives” by deterring nuclear war as president.

Nov 5, 2023 4:50 AM Read more >