B.C. aims to end ‘period poverty,’ expand access to menstrual products
BURNABY, B.C. — The British Columbia government says it is providing $750,000 to expand access to free menstrual products for people who need them and to help the United Way establish a task force to consider how to end "period
Republicans kept off Michigan ballot turn to the courts
DETROIT (AP) — Business owner Perry Johnson filed a lawsuit Friday to try to get on Michigan's August primary ballot, the first of many likely legal challenges after five Republican candidates for governor were barred because of too few valid
Trump election probe grand jury to hear from Raffensperger
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's secretary of state is expected to appear next week before a special grand jury in an investigation into whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to meddle in the 2020 election in the state.
Montana schools chief cited in case of illegal bus passing
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s top schools administrator has been cited in the case of a pickup truck that illegally passed a school bus while it was stopped to pick up students in a residential subdivision last week.
McCarthy, GOP lawmakers escalate standoff with Jan. 6 panel
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy is making it clear that he will likely defy a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, escalating a standoff with the panel over his and other GOP
English school board says it will file legal challenge of Quebec language law reform
MONTREAL — The English Montreal School Board says it will launch a legal challenge of Quebec's recently adopted language law reform. The board said in a news release today that it believes the law, commonly known as Bill 96, violates English-speaking
Canada could help wean Europe from Russian oil and gas by shipping clean hydrogen
OTTAWA — Canada could ship clean hydrogen to Europe in the future to help wean it from its dependency on Russian oil and gas, say federal ministers. At meetings with G7 counterparts in Berlin this week, Natural Resources Minster Jonathan Wilkinson
Feds announce funds for women’s shelters, advocate says more needed
OTTAWA — The federal government has announced funding to construct and repair hundreds of spaces for women and children fleeing violence. Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen said the government will give over $121 million to build and repair a total of 430
Deliberations underway in trial linked to Trump-Russia probe
WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign hid his partisan interests from the FBI as he pushed “pure opposition research” related to Donald Trump and Russia in the weeks before the election, a prosecutor asserted Frida...
Many back strict gun laws, but opposition tends to be louder
WASHINGTON (AP) — Majorities of U.S. adults think mass shootings would occur less often if guns were harder to get, and that schools and other public places have become less safe than they were two decades ago, polling shows.