Politics

Edmonton school trustees, advocates want province to allow undocumented kids to enrol

EDMONTON — Edmonton public school trustees have voted to push Alberta's government to make legislative changes to allow undocumented kids to enrol in school and increase education funding accordingly.

May 28, 2025 4:46 PM Read more >

$The Latest: Elon and Trump fracture over spending in ‘big, beautiful bill’$

The Latest: Elon and Trump fracture over spending in ‘big, beautiful bill’

Elon Musk , during an interview with CBS , criticized President Donald Trump’s “ big, beautiful bill ,” exposing a significant fracture in a partnership trying to reshape American politics and the federal government.

May 28, 2025 4:30 PM Read more >

George Santos’ former treasurer sentenced to probation over bogus campaign finance reports

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — George Santos ′ former campaign treasurer was sentenced Wednesday to three years' probation for her role in fabricating campaign finance reports for the disgraced ex-congressman from New York.

May 28, 2025 4:17 PM Read more >

Court orders B.C. to pass law giving French school board expropriation powers

VANCOUVER — The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered the provincial government to pass a law within six months providing the Francophone School Board with powers to expropriate private property to build new French-language schools.

May 28, 2025 3:45 PM Read more >

Poilievre finds himself a spectator as debate gets underway in Parliament

OTTAWA — Pierre Poilievre found himself Wednesday in a place he said he's "never really been" before: watching a Parliament's first question period unfold as a spectator, not a participant.

May 28, 2025 3:37 PM Read more >

Federal privacy czar starts probe into theft of customer data from Nova Scotia Power

HALIFAX — The federal privacy commissioner has launched an investigation into a ransomware attack that led to the theft of personal information belonging to 280,000 customers of Nova Scotia's electric utility.

May 28, 2025 3:21 PM Read more >

Trump pardons former NY Rep. Michael Grimm after tax fraud conviction

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has pardoned former U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm , a New York Republican who resigned from Congress after a tax fraud conviction.

May 28, 2025 3:19 PM Read more >

Former Navy SEAL enters race to replace US Sen. Tommy Tuberville in Alabama

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson on Wednesday launched a campaign to run for a U.S. Senate seat representing Alabama, promising to be “a warrior for President Trump’s America First Agenda” if he is elected.

May 28, 2025 3:00 PM Read more >

Trump rejects claim he's 'chickening out' on tariffs just because he keeps changing rates

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump wants the world to know he's no “chicken” just because he's repeatedly backed off high tariff threats . The U.S.

May 28, 2025 2:23 PM Read more >

Defence minister says cost of Trump's proposed missile defence project still unknown

OTTAWA — Canada does not know what it would cost to join U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed "Golden Dome" missile defence program, Defence Minister David McGuinty said Wednesday. "I'm not in a position to evaluate the numbers.

May 28, 2025 2:14 PM Read more >