California delays considering supervised sites for drug use
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers will wait until next year to continue considering a bill that would give opioid users a place to inject drugs in supervised settings, the bill's author said Tuesday.
Defendants involved in Massachusetts standoff in court
MEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Some of the 11 people charged in connection with an armed standoff along a Massachusetts highway last weekend, including the purported leader of the group, refused to cooperate with court authorities during their arraignments Tues...
FBI: Militia-style group surveilled Capitol weeks after riot
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A Virginia man charged with joining the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol told an undercover FBI agent that he belonged to a militia-style group and coordinated "surveillance efforts" on the same building more than
Kahnawake’s first female, LGBTQ grand chief wants to focus on healing, unity
MONTREAL — The Kahnawake Mohawk community south of Montreal has a long tradition of female leadership but has never had a female grand chief — until now. Over the weekend, Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer, 41, became the first woman and first person who
Ontario township removing statues of past PMs in effort to encourage healing
A community in southwestern Ontario says it will scrap a project involving statues of past prime ministers in an effort to encourage healing and cohesion. The Township of Wilmot's councillors voted unanimously on Monday night to discontinue the Prime ...
Alaska oil-wealth fund transfer to proceed after veto error
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy will allow to go through a $4 billion transfer of earnings from the state’s oil-wealth fund to the fund’s constitutionally protected principal that he had intended to veto, a spokesperson said.
Rittenhouse attorney wants to show victim was sex offender
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse's attorney wants a judge to allow him to argue that one of the men his client fatally shot during a Wisconsin protest was a sex offender, saying it supports a defense theory that he
Mexico rights organizer killed, 3rd activist to die in month
MEXICO CITY (AP) — An Indigenous rights activist has been killed by a gunman on a motorcycle in southern Mexico, the third organizer to be killed in Mexico in the space of about one month.
N.B. bowling alleys turn into vaccination sites, as Atlantic region pushes for shots
BATHURST, N.B. — Though the lanes will be closed, Lynn Vienneau is hoping the New Brunswick Bowlarama she manages will be packed Thursday. The Bowlarama in Bathurst, N.B., is one of six sites across the province that will transform into a
Liberals maintain narrow lead over Tories among decided voters: Poll
OTTAWA — A new poll suggests Justin Trudeau's Liberal party has only a narrow lead over the Opposition Conservatives among decided voters. The online survey from Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies found 33 per cent of decided voters who