Fencing will come down, but Capitol still closed to visitors
WASHINGTON (AP) — The fencing installed around the Capitol after the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection will start being removed as soon as Friday, but most visitors are still not allowed inside the iconic building.
Trudeau vague on TRC’s call for Crown to issue ‘Royal Proclamation of Reconciliation’
OTTAWA — The naming of Canada's first Indigenous governor general could give the federal government a timely opportunity to tackle a key recommendation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission involving the Crown, according to an expert. One of the T...
‘Haiti has been hell lately’: Quebec Haitian diaspora reacts to president’s killing
MONTREAL — Quebecers of Haitian descent reacted with shock and worry on Wednesday to the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise. Nicholson Poulard, a Montreal-based information technology worker who left Haiti in 1987, said the killing has le...
Business Highlights: Flexible working, economic bottlenecks
___ Is Thursday the new Monday? Flexible working is in flux
Indiana police officer fatally shot outside federal building
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — A western Indiana police officer was fatally shot Wednesday outside a federal office building, authorities said.
Democratic US Senate candidate Cheri Beasley raises $1.3M
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Cheri Beasley of North Carolina raised nearly $1.3 million in little more than two months since she entered the race in April, her campaign announced on Wednesday.
Saskatchewan prepares to reopen Sunday, offers public health guidance
REGINA — Saskatchewan is offering COVID-19 public safety guidance as the province prepares to fully reopen on Sunday. A public health order requiring masks indoors will be lifted, but the government says unvaccinated or partially vaccinated people sho...
As New York salutes health workers, Missouri fights a surge
New York held a ticker-tape parade Wednesday for the health care workers and others who helped the city pull through the darkest days of COVID-19, while authorities in Missouri struggled to beat back a surge blamed on the fast-spreading delta
Aide to expelled Oregon lawmaker appointed to fill his seat
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Commissioners from four Oregon counties have appointed an aide to former state Rep. Mike Nearman to fill the seat left open after the GOP lawmaker was expelled from the Legislature for letting protesters into the closed
Latest hack to test Biden’s vow for consequences for Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday he would “deliver” a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin about the latest ransomware attacks targeting American businesses, setting up a test of Biden's ability to balance his pledge to respo...