Maine removes LGBTQ teaching video assailed in Republican ad
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine Department of Education removed from its website a video containing an LGBTQ lesson plan for kindergarten students that was the subject of a Republican ad targeting Democratic Gov. Janet Mills.
Russian troops planted mines in Ukraine’s fields to ruin harvest: Sajjan
OTTAWA — Russian troops have planted mines in Ukrainian fields to prevent farmers from cultivating their crops, International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan has been told. Speaking after a meeting of G7 development ministers in Berlin, Sajjan said...
Key witness testifies in trial tied to Trump-Russia probe
WASHINGTON (AP) — The star prosecution witness in the trial of a Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer testified Thursday that he was “100 percent confident” that the attorney told him he was not acting on behalf of a particular client when
Here’s how abortion clinics are preparing for Roe to fall
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Leaders of a Tennessee abortion clinic calculated driving distances and studied passenger rail routes as they scanned the map for another place to offer services if the U.S. Supreme Court lets states restrict or eliminate abortion...
N.L. government seeking public input on changing the name of its Colonial Building
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Newfoundland and Labrador government is asking for public input about changing the name of the historic Colonial Building in St. John’s. The provincial government said in a news release today residents can submit feedback through...
Jail ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizer Tamara Lich again, Crown argues in heated hearing
OTTAWA — A Crown prosecutor argued on Thursday that Tamara Lich, an organizer of the "Freedom Convoy," breached her bail conditions by accepting an award for her leadership during the Ottawa protest. A judge initially denied Lich bail after her arrest
Finland brewery launches NATO beer with ‘taste of security’
HELSINKI (AP) — A small brewery in Finland has launched a NATO-themed beer to mark the Nordic country’s bid to join the Western military alliance. Olaf Brewing's
First O’Toole, now Kenney: What some are saying it means for state of conservatism
OTTAWA — The fall of Jason Kenney, a juggernaut of conservatism in Canada, has prompted many federal Tories to consider the future of the party, which is in the midst of being decided in a leadership race seen as a
Nova Scotia to lift its COVID-19 mask mandate for public schools on Tuesday
HALIFAX — Citing improving data on the number of new COVID-19 cases in the province, Nova Scotia’s education minister on Thursday said the mask mandate for public schools would be lifted next week. The announcement came as the province released new
Pro-Russian hackers spread hoaxes to divide Ukraine, allies
As Ukrainians flooded into Poland earlier this year to flee Russian invaders, a hacking group aligned with the Kremlin sought to spread rumors that criminal gangs were waiting to harvest the organs of child refugees.