Mississippi school board upholds firing over ‘New Butt’ book
BYRAM, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi educator who was fired for reading a children’s book called “I Need a New Butt!” to second graders says he will go to court to try to get his job back.
Jan. 6 panel subpoenas McCarthy, four other GOP lawmakers
WASHINGTON (AP) — A House panel issued subpoenas Thursday to House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and four other GOP lawmakers in its probe into the violent Jan. 6 insurrection, an extraordinary step that has little precedent and is certain to
Ontario parties offer visions of how to best prepare for a future pandemic
TORONTO — The sixth wave of COVID-19 is starting to recede and as the warm weather is buoying hopes of a low-COVID summer, Ontario's political parties are offering ideas for how best to prepare the province for a future pandemic. The
Alberta Premier Kenney heading to U.S. to talk oil, energy security with lawmakers
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney will head to Washington D.C. next week to speak to lawmakers about the importance of getting more oil from Canada. Kenney will speak to the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources about Alberta’s
Spain debates if menstrual leave policy will help or hurt
MADRID (AP) — A government proposal that could make Spain the first country in Europe to allow workers to take menstrual leave has sparked debate over whether the policy would help or hinder women in the workplace.
B.C. mine environment safeguards whittled down by amendments, university study says
Some environmental safeguards built into British Columbia mine approvals are being gradually whittled away without enough public or scientific oversight, says new university research. A recently published paper from researchers at Dalhousie University'...
January trial date set for ex-NY Lt Gov in corruption case
NEW YORK (AP) — A January trial date was set Thursday for former New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin to face charges that he traded his clout as a state senator for campaign contributions.
Co-op housing could help solve Canada’s affordability crisis, advocates say
Ayanna Inniss believes the co-op movement could be part of the solution to this country's housing affordability crisis. The Edmonton-area woman still remembers the "soul destroying" experience of looking for affordable housing 20 years ago, before she ...
UK withholds security advice over peerage for oligarch’s son
LONDON (AP) — The British government refused Thursday to reveal whether intelligence agencies expressed concerns about the decision to award a noble title and a seat in Parliament to a newspaper owner whose father was a KGB agent.
White House, senators have ‘sympathy’ for Canada’s position on Line 5, says Wilkinson
WASHINGTON — White House officials, Capitol Hill lawmakers and the U.S. secretary of energy have all expressed "significant sympathy" for the plight of Canada's Line 5 pipeline, Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said Thursday after a day of...
