P.E.I. to require testing for long-term care staff who aren’t fully vaccinated
CHARLOTTETOWN — Staff at long-term care homes and community-care facilities in Prince Edward Island who are not fully vaccinated will be tested up to three times per week. Chief public heath officer Dr. Heather Morrison said today the new health order
Manitoba’s new short-term premier plans to wipe legislative slate clean
WINNIPEG — Manitoba's new premier, expected to hold the job for less than nine weeks, is promising to kill five bills currently before the legislature, including one that would overhaul the education system. Kelvin Goertzen, who was chosen interim lead...
First set of Justice Dept. agents now wearing body cams
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has identified the first set of federal agents to wear body cameras under a new policy that reversed a yearslong ban, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Wednesday.
Premier defends picking white man as minister of African Nova Scotian affairs
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's new premier is sticking by his decision to name a white member of his caucus as the new minister responsible for African Nova Scotian affairs and the Office of Anti-Racism Initiatives. Progressive Conservative veteran member Pat...
Massachusetts town says it can’t fire officer for Hitler pic
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts select board ruled that it does not have the authority or grounds to fire the police officer that kept a photo of Adolf Hitler in his locker for two decades.
5 missing and 6 hurt after Navy helicopter crash in Pacific
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rescue crews were still searching Wednesday for five missing sailors a day after a U.S. Navy helicopter crashed in the ocean off Southern California near an aircraft carrier, military officials said.
US senators warn against Iranian fuel shipments to Lebanon
BEIRUT (AP) — A delegation of four U.S. senators said Wednesday that America is looking to help Lebanon overcome fuel shortages that have paralyzed the country. But they warned the import of Iranian oil into the crisis-hit country could have
Bill to curb racial teaching goes to North Carolina governor
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republicans sent a bill Wednesday to the state's Democratic governor that would limit how teachers can discuss certain racial concepts in the classroom.
US faith groups unite to help Afghanistan refugees after war
America’s major religions and denominations, often divided on other big issues, have united behind the effort to help receive an influx of refugees from Afghanistan following the end of the United States’ longest war and one of the largest airlifts
Quebec cabinet minister Pierre Fitzgibbon returns after ethics violation resolved
Quebec Premier François Legault has welcomed Pierre Fitzgibbon back to cabinet after he withdrew in June because of ethics violations. Legault told a news conference today alongside Fitzgibbon that he will resume his role as economy minister after he s...