Quebec bars will be safer than university classrooms this fall: McGill epidemiologist
MONTREAL — A McGill University professor who specializes in infectious disease epidemiology says she believes Quebecers will be safer in bars, restaurants and gyms this September than in university classrooms. On Friday, the Quebec government said mask...
Senate Dems unveil $3.5T budget for social, climate efforts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats unveiled a budget resolution Monday that maps $3.5 trillion in spending boosts and tax breaks aimed at strengthening social and environmental programs, setting up an autumn battle royal over President Joe Biden's top ...
Manitoba signs on to federal government’s $10-a-day child-care plan
WINNIPEG — Manitoba is signing on to the federal government’s plan to implement $10-a-day child care for families by 2023. "It is no exaggeration to say this is the largest child-care deal ever struck by the province of Manitoba," Manitoba Families
‘Code red’: UN scientists warn of worsening global warming
BERLIN — Earth is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past a level of warming that world leaders have sought to prevent, according to a report released Monday that the United Nations called a
New Iran president calls Macron about stalled nuclear talks
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — In his first phone call to a Western leader, the new president of Iran asked his French counterpart Monday to help secure Iran's “rights” in now-stalled talks to revive Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers.
‘Not normal.’ Ex-Cuomo aide details groping allegations
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — An aide who accused New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of groping her said in her first televised interview that she was initially afraid to identify herself because she worried the governor's “enablers” would destroy her if
Nova Scotia Liberals propose COVID-19 vaccine passport if elected Aug. 17
HALIFAX — With Nova Scotia's Aug. 17 election just over a week away, Liberal Leader Iain Rankin promised Monday to introduce a COVID-19 vaccination passport system if elected. Rankin told reporters that although the so-called "ScotiaPass" would not be ...
Gunmen kill India’s ruling party member, his wife in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Assailants fatally shot a husband and wife who were both politicians for India’s governing party in disputed Kashmir, police said, blaming militants fighting against Indian rule for the attack.
Leaders, activists alarmed, not surprised by climate report
A U.N.-appointed panel of experts said Monday that the Earth is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past the most ambitious threshold set in the Paris accord. That increases the risk of extreme weather
Rwandan, Mozambican forces retake port from insurgents
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A joint force of Mozambican and Rwandan troops has regained control of a strategic port from Islamic extremists who held the town in northern Mozambique for a year, the countries’ defense ministries have announced.