New Brunswick pastor apologizes after week in jail over COVID-19 rule breaches
SAINT JOHN, N.B. — A New Brunswick pastor is free after spending a week in jail and apologizing to the courts Friday for breaches of COVID-19 public health rules. Philip James Hutchings, the pastor of His Tabernacle Family Church in Saint
Memorial to residential school victims removed from Parliament Hill
OTTAWA — The federal government dismantled Friday a Parliament Hill memorial for Indigenous children who never returned from residential schools. The memorial — hundreds of pairs of children's shoes, stuffed toys, messages and other items — sprang up s...
MPP resigns from Tory caucus, disputing that she misrepresented vaccination status
TORONTO — An Ontario member of provincial parliament who was accused of misrepresenting her COVID-19 vaccination status has resigned from the Progressive Conservative caucus, citing a breakdown in trust. The Tories announced earlier this month that Lin...
White House: Biden to outline filibuster changes in ‘weeks’
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Friday that President Joe Biden would speak in the coming weeks about moving to “fundamentally alter" the filibuster or even eliminate the legislative roadblock that empowers the Senate minority as he aims to
Giuliani associate convicted of campaign finance crimes
NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida businessman who helped Rudy Giuliani’s effort to dig up dirt on Joe Biden in Ukraine was convicted Friday of campaign finance crimes, including funneling a Russian entrepreneur's money to U.S. politicians.
Harris to travel to Paris next month for talks with Macron
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will head next month to Paris for talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, according to the White House.
Myanmar upset its military leader barred from regional meet
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar's military-installed government on Friday sharply challenged a pronouncement by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations barring its leader from from attending the regional bloc's summit next week.
Pa. Rep. Kelly faces ethics scrutiny over stock purchase
WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional ethics watchdog has concluded there is “substantial reason to believe” that the wife of Pennsylvania Rep. Mike Kelly used nonpublic information gained through her husband's position in Congress to earn thousands of dol...
Where are the workers? Cutoff of jobless aid spurs no influx
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Earlier this year, an insistent cry arose from business leaders and Republican governors: Cut off a $300-a-week federal supplement for unemployed Americans. Many people, they argued, would then come off the sidelines and take the mi...
Timeline of Ontario’s plan to lift public health measures
TORONTO — Ontario has released a plan for lifting COVID-19 public health measures over several months. Here's the province's timeline: Monday, Oct. 25 Capacity limits lift in most settings where proof of vaccination is required, such as restaurants, gy...