Feds seek dismissal of planned class action against RCMP over facial recognition tool

OTTAWA — The federal government is asking a judge to dismiss a Quebec photographer's bid for certification of a class-action lawsuit, possibly involving millions of people, over the RCMP's use of a controversial facial-recognition tool. In a submission...

Ontario NDP, Liberals eye four-day work weeks in proposed pilot projects

TORONTO — Two Ontario political parties are promising to explore a four-day work week if they form government, an idea that has met with great success in one southwestern township, but business groups are wary. The Liberals pledge to launch a

Parks Canada capital budget falls as agency works on new plan for crumbling assets

OTTAWA — The capital budget for Canada's national parks and historic sites is being slashed by more than two-thirds this year even as more than 30 per cent of the agency's assets remain in poor or very poor condition. Parks Canada

Where the Ontario leaders are on the campaign trail for May 13

Here's where the leaders of Ontario's main political parties are today: ____ Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford Windsor: Makes an announcement. 9:30 a.m. ____ NDP Leader Andrea Horwath Chatham-Kent: Announces a plan aimed at helping seniors stay...

Live updates | Zelenskyy: No one can predict length of war

KYIV, Ukraine — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said although Ukrainians are doing everything they can to drive out the Russians, “no one today can predict how long this war will last.”

Australia says Chinese spy ship has been hugging west coast

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's defense minister said Friday that a Chinese warship with spying capabilities had been hugging the nation's western coastline in what amounted to an “aggressive act.”

Allies of Marcos Jr. set to dominate Philippine Congress

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Allies of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the presumptive next president of the Philippines, appear set to dominate both chambers of Congress, further alarming activists after the late dictator son's apparent election victory restored ...

US grappling with Native American boarding school history

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Deb Haaland is pushing the U.S. government to reckon with its role in Native American boarding schools like no other Cabinet secretary could — backed by personal experience, a struggle with losing her own Native language

Pandemic-era asylum limits in hands of federal judge

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana (AP) — An attorney arguing for 24 states urged a federal judge Friday to block Biden administration plans to lift pandemic-related restrictions on migrants requesting asylum, saying the decision was made without sufficient consider...

Ex-nurse sentenced to probation in patient medication death

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A former Tennessee nurse whose medication error killed a patient was sentenced to three years of probation Friday as hundreds of health care workers rallied outside the courthouse, warning that criminalizing such mistakes will l...

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