Manitoba premier says statues will be rebuilt
WINNIPEG — Statues of two queens that were torn down by protesters on the Manitoba legislature grounds will be rebuilt, Premier Brian Pallister said Wednesday. "Tearing down is a lot simpler than building up," Pallister said at his first news conferenc...
Trump ally launches election audit plan in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania state lawmaker and ardent supporter of former President Donald Trump is launching a “forensic investigation” of the state’s 2020 presidential election, demanding cooperation from counties and mimicking a widely cri...
Ontario to spend $32 million more on addictions services each year
TORONTO — Ontario plans to spend an additional $32.7 million each year to bolster addiction services across the province, an investment that comes as the government says the stresses of the pandemic have led to a spike in problematic drug
Canada will support Haitians through ‘difficult months’ after Moïse assassination: PM
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse on Wednesday, saying Canada would stand by the country and its people in tough times ahead. "It is absolutely unacceptable and not something anyone wa...
Push is on for COVID vaccinations in Atlantic Canada as region closes in on targets
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador are urging residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and encourage people they know to roll up their sleeves in an effort to hit inoculation goals. Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick's chief ...
Judge won’t block parts of Georgia election law for now
ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday declined to block some challenged sections of Georgia's new election law ahead of two runoff elections next week, but he didn't rule out the possibility for future elections.
US agency offers $307 million for rural water projects
OHKAY OWINGEH PUEBLO, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will issue up to $307 million in grants and low-interest loans in an effort to modernize rural water infrastructure, officials announced Wednesday.
Parents of kidnapped students in Nigeria plea for help
KANO, Nigeria (AP) — Praying, crying and waiting for news about their children, the parents of more than 120 Nigerian students abducted by armed bandits at the Bethel Baptist High School in the nation’s northern Kaduna state have been gathering
EXPLAINER: Assassination threatens more chaos for Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The assassination of President Jovenel Moïse seemed to have thrown an already turbulent nation into chaos on Wednesday, with a muddled line of succession. Here is a look at the situation:
Jovenel Moïse, Haiti’s embattled president, killed at 53
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, a former banana producer and political neophyte who ruled Haiti for more than four years as the country grew increasingly unstable under his watch, was killed on Wednesday. He was 53.