Calgary cabinet minister running to replace Jason Kenney as UCP leader, premier
EDMONTON — A cabinet minister from Calgary has joined the race to replace Jason Kenney as United Conservative leader and Alberta premier. Rajan Sawhney says if she were to win, she would order a public inquiry into how the province handled
Justices rule against detained immigrants seeking release
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ruled against immigrants who are seeking their release from long periods of detention while they fight deportation orders. In two
Takeaways: Trump’s mind ‘made up’ on fraud ahead of Jan. 6
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection systemically made the case in its second hearing Monday that several of Trump's advisers warned him against making false claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 electio...
Appeals court lifts hold on Louisiana congressional remap
A federal appeals court has lifted its hold on Louisiana’s congressional redistricting. The ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal means a special session may start Wednesday for a remap ordered by a district judge.
Mastriano brings election denier onto Pa. governor campaign
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Doug Mastriano, Pennsylvania’s Republican nominee for governor who has pushed Donald Trump’s election lies, said Monday that he had appointed Trump’s former campaign lawyer as a senior legal adviser to his own campaign.
EU: Schengen travel restrictions badly checked amid pandemic
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union auditors said Monday that the bloc's executive arm should have checked more carefully the restrictions on free movement imposed by EU nations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Caroline Simard appointed new watchdog for federal elections
OTTAWA — Caroline Simard, vice-chairperson of broadcasting at the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, has been appointed as Canada's new elections watchdog. The chief electoral officer of Canada, Stéphane Perrault, today annou...
Feds’ curb on debate of online streaming bill condemned as draconian by Tories
OTTAWA — The federal government is cutting short debate by MPs of its online streaming bill, a move Tory MPs have condemned as "draconian" and "disturbing." They say curbing scrutiny of the bill line by line in committee is an attempt
Quebec language law could push young Jews to leave Quebec, B’nai Brith says
MONTREAL — Quebec's new language law will harm vulnerable English-speaking Jewish seniors and could cause a new exodus of young people from the province, a prominent Jewish organization said Monday. B’nai Brith officials joined representatives of cultu...
Bucolic Ukraine forest is site of mass grave exhumation
BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — The lush green beauty of a pine forest with singing birds contrasted with the violent deaths of newly discovered victims of Russia's war in Ukraine, as workers exhumed bodies from another mass grave near the town