Cost of used icebreakers Ottawa is buying from Quebec shipyard approaches $1B mark
OTTAWA — The cost of three second-hand icebreakers that the federal Liberal government is buying from Quebec shipyard Chantier Davie is inching closer to the $1-billion mark as Ottawa keeps quietly adding money to the controversial deal. The most recen...
B.C. Prosecution Service says no further charges in legislature spending scandal
VICTORIA — The British Columbia Prosecution Service says two special prosecutors have declined further charges after receiving the final RCMP report into the spending activities of senior staff at the provincial legislature. The service says in a state...
Yukon’s chief medical officer announced as federal Liberal candidate
WHITEHORSE — Yukon's chief medical officer of health has been nominated as the candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada in the territory for the next federal election. Dr. Brendan Hanley says he can bring a strong and experienced northern voice
GOP’s DeVos says she will not seek Michigan governorship
Former U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said Tuesday she will not run for Michigan governor in 2022, putting an end to speculation about the onetime Trump administration Cabinet member and partner in one of the state's most influential Republican c...
Mendicino-Mayorkas meeting readout makes no mention of Canada-U.S. travel imbalance
WASHINGTON — Canada's immigration minister talked Canada-U.S. border issues Monday with the secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. But the federal government's official account of the meeting between Marco Mendicino and Alejandro Mayork...
Ex-Detroit councilman Pugh gets parole in sex case with teen
DETROIT (AP) — The former president of the Detroit City Council has been granted parole about five years after his conviction for having sex with a teenage boy when he previously worked as a TV journalist.
Colombian tribunal: Guerrillas recruited 18,600 children
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A Colombian tribunal that investigates war crimes on Tuesday said the country’s largest guerrilla group recruited at least 18,600 children into its ranks between 1996 and 2016, when it made peace with the government.
Federal judge rules against several Indiana abortion laws
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that several of Indiana’s laws restricting abortion are unconstitutional, including the state’s ban on telemedicine consultations between doctors and women seeking abortions.
GBI: Deputies kill man who fired at them during standoff
DALTON, Ga. (AP) — Sheriff's deputies killed an armed man who fired at authorities during a standoff in northwest Georgia, investigators said.
Appeals panel revives North Dakota women’s hockey lawsuit
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — An effort by 11 former University of North Dakota women's hockey players to bring back the program that was dropped in 2017 got new life on Tuesday when the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals revived