Mississippi gov: Still no word on medical marijuana session
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves on Monday was still not saying whether he will call legislators into special session to enact a medical marijuana program and consider other issues that House and Senate leaders are promoting.
South Africa pledges more ambitious climate targets
BERLIN (AP) — South Africa pledged more ambitious emissions targets Monday, a move that was welcomed by climate activists. The South
N.L. votes in municipal elections Tuesday after some messy campaigns near capital
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Anonymous messaging urging residents to vote out sitting council members has marred some municipal election campaigns outside Newfoundland and Labrador’s capital ahead of Tuesday's provincewide vote. In Mount Pearl, a small city next...
Biden pressed China’s Xi to release the two Michaels in recent phone call: WH
U.S. President Joe Biden pressed his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to release Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig during their Sept. 9 telephone call. The call was the second between the two leaders and was billed at the time by both
Alabama trying to use COVID relief funds for new prisons
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Facing a Justice Department lawsuit over Alabama's notoriously violent prisons, state lawmakers on Monday began a special session on a $1.3 billion construction plan that would use federal pandemic relief funds to pay part of th...
NYC to hire forecaster, beef up warnings after Ida flooding
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is planning to hire a private weather forecaster, design more systems to catch and drain water and issue earlier and more aggressive warnings to residents under a new plan to respond to heavy
Manitoba now in fourth wave of COVID pandemic, with high infection rate in south
WINNIPEG — Manitoba has clearly entered the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, as cases are rising especially in regions where vaccination rates are low, says the province's top doctor. “Despite relatively high vaccine uptick provincewide, we knew t...
Alberta doctors raise alarm on specialist staff shortages in intensive care wards
EDMONTON — The Alberta Medical Association says the province's high COVID-19 numbers are behind a desperate shortage of specialized staff to care for critical care patients. “The demand for (intensive care unit) nurses is currently so high that we need...
As daughter sought state license, Noem summoned agency head
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Just days after a South Dakota agency moved to deny her daughter's application to become a certified real estate appraiser, Gov. Kristi Noem summoned to her office the state employee who ran the agency, the
Conservatives could have done better job talking to Chinese Canadian voters: ex-MP
OTTAWA — A former Conservative MP who lost his seat in the recent election thinks the party could have done a better job speaking directly to Chinese Canadians. Kenny Chiu was defeated in Steveston-Richmond East, a British Columbia riding with many