Politics

OTTAWA — Canada's record-setting wildfire season is spurring the federal government to consider how to tackle future fires, floods or earthquakes.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Progressive Conservatives made another campaign promise of financial aid Thursday. And, for the second straight day, leader Heather Stefanson was not part of the event.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh told a judicial conference on Thursday he hopes there will be “concrete steps soon” to address recent ethics concerns surrounding the court, but he stopped short of addressing calls for justices

TORONTO — Ontario's new housing minister says the government has "fully implemented" 21 of its housing affordability task force's recommendations, but his office won't say which ones.

HALIFAX — A report published Thursday says the rising costs of shelter and food in Nova Scotia have contributed to a large jump over the last year in what’s considered a living wage in the province.

Veteran journalist and author Peter C. Newman, who held a mirror up to Canada, has died at the age of 94. He died in hospital in Belleville, Ont.

HALIFAX — With tensions rising over unauthorized lobster fishing in southwestern Nova Scotia, the province's fisheries minister says he intends to increase the maximum fine to $1 million for commercial buyers who are caught selling out-of-season lobs

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Progressive Conservatives are promising financial supports for seniors if they are re-elected Oct. 3.

TORONTO — Ontario's Ministry of Long-Term Care needs to ensure in-person inspections of nursing homes can take place in a future pandemic and that inspectors can immediately act when residents are at risk of ongoing serious harm, the province's ombud

Google will soon require that political ads using artificial intelligence be accompanied by a prominent disclosure if imagery or sounds have been synthetically altered.