Shell, British Columbia, Ottawa team up on clean energy centre
VANCOUVER — British Columbia, Ottawa and Shell Canada are joining together to open a centre that will invest in low-carbon technologies. Premier John Horgan says each of them will contribute seed money of $35 million to stimulate other investment from...
Visitors welcomed back to indoor Niagara Falls attractions as restrictions ease
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — Visitors returned to long-shuttered tourist attractions and restaurant dining rooms in Ontario's Niagara Region on Friday, where local leaders have been calling for the reopening of the Canada-U.S. border to support the area's eco...
Pompeo: Afghan fight against Taliban ‘a matter of will’
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday he believes Afghan forces can secure the country as the U.S. withdraws, but success will depend on whether they have the will to put up a fierce
US to send first vaccine doses to Africa in coming days
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will begin making its first COVID-19 vaccine shipments to Africa in the coming days, with the ultimate goal of sharing 25 million doses this summer across the continent in partnership with the African Union.
Texas attorney general says bar probe is unconstitutional
DALLAS (AP) — Lawyers for Texas' embattled attorney general have asked the state bar association to drop its investigation into whether the Republican's failed efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election amounted to professional misconduct, argu...
Judge scraps order halting West Virginia needle exchange law
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal judge has scrapped a temporary restraining order on West Virginia’s new law that tightens requirements on needle exchange programs.
Gente de Zona on Cuba: ‘It is the people who are marching’
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The slogan “¡Patria y vida!” — “Homeland and life!” — is heard loudly during the demonstrations in Cuba. It is a verse of a song that has become the anthem of these protests and that emerged
Hundreds greet Aristide on return to troubled Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide returned to Haiti on Friday after a nearly a month in Cuba, thrilling hundreds of supporters who gathered at the airport at a time of tensions over the recent assassination of the
Biden picks former Sen. Tom Udall for New Zealand ambassador
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is nominating former New Mexico Sen. Tom Udall to serve as his ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa.
Government body sets deadline for grocery code of conduct
OTTAWA — Canada's agriculture ministers have given the country's grocers until the end of the year to propose measures to regulate the industry. It comes after the ministers heard from a working group created to improve transparency and fair dealings ...