Politics

UBC president addresses Gaza encampment demands
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The president of the University of British Columbia says its endowment fund ...

Trump VP hopeful Kristi Noem suggests Biden’s dog should be put down
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem speaks at the NRA-ILA Leadership Forum during the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual convention in ...

Some 2019 candidates ‘appeared willing’ to engage with foreign interference: Hogue inquiry – National
A handful of candidates in Canada’s 2019 federal election “appeared willing” to go along with foreign interference schemes, a federal ...

Blacktown mayor Tony Bleasdale, 77, dies on delegation flight from Asia
The mayor of one of Sydney’s biggest councils has died on a flight home from Asia. Blacktown Mayor Tony Bleasdale ...

Marijuana backers eye proposed federal regulatory change as an aid to legalizing pot in more states
As the U.S. government moves toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug, there may be little immediate impact in ...

Biden awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 politicians, activists, athletes and others
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom on 19 people on Friday, including civil rights icons ...

Trump trial resumes after infamous Cohen phone call tape is played for jury
Former US President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom at Manhattan criminal court in New York, US, on Friday, May ...

Protesters set up Gaza encampments at two more B.C. universities
Pro-Palestinian protesters have set up encampments at two more British Columbia universities, as a wave of demonstrations at North American ...

Smoking can now be banned on balconies in raft of changes impacting Queensland unit residents
Queensland residents face the prospect of being banned from smoking on unit balconies. But in the raft of changes under ...