Davos updates | Iran’s foreign minister talks war, nuke deal
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister sat before an audience of Western business executives and policymakers at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, fielding questions about why Iran has yet to condemn Russia for...
Live updates | Mayor: Some 1,500 killed in Sievierodonetsk
KYIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk is the center of fierce fighting in the east. Mayor Oleksandr Stryuk says it’s holding out even though a Russian reconnaissance and sabotage group went into a city hotel.
Davos ends with Germany pushing global work on climate, war
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed hopes Thursday for global cooperation on climate change, hunger and war, while dozens of climate activists demonstrated in the Swiss town of Davos as a meeting of global elites ended wit...
With debates over, Conservative leadership candidate turns to final membership push
OTTAWA — Now that the second official debate of the race is out of the way, Conservative leadership hopefuls will turn their attention to signing up as many supporters as they can before a fast-approaching deadline. The party's leadership election orga...
Where the Ontario leaders are on the campaign trail for May 26
Here's where the leaders of Ontario's main political parties are today: ____ Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford Hamilton: Hosts a rally. 7:30 p.m. ____ NDP Leader Andrea Horwath Brampton: Announces plan to end hallway medicine. 9 a.m., Outside 1...
Senior Mountie surprised to learn hours late of witnesses in N.S. mass shooting
TRURO, N.S. — A retired senior Mountie has described to an inquiry his dismay that it took five hours before anyone told him about eyewitnesses who had encountered a mass killer while fleeing the 2020 shootings in Nova Scotia. It was
Canada donates $1 million to probe sexual violence by Russian troops in Ukraine
OTTAWA — Canada is committing an extra $1 million to help the international community investigate sex crimes by Russian troops in Ukraine. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Canada would give the extra funds to the International Criminal Court ...
Cheese not on the table in Canada-U.K. trade talks as Britain seeks market access
OTTAWA — The British foreign secretary has often been mocked for her preoccupation with cheese. It started eight years ago when Liz Truss expressed outrage in a speech to her party’s annual conference. “We import two thirds of our cheese,” she
Three Ontario political parties pledge to end for-profit long-term care
TORONTO — The COVID-19 pandemic cast a spotlight on long-term care and showed that private corporations should not be in the business of elder care, say three of Ontario's four major political parties, who pledge to remove for-profit care from
A determined Andrea Horwath takes on her fourth and maybe final fight as NDP leader
TORONTO — Andrea Horwath's days are quite full, as leader of Ontario's Official Opposition, so to unwind she likes to bake – though her version of downtime doesn't sound especially relaxing. The NDP leader recently had a late-night urge to whip
