Experts question minister’s take that rusty travellers are clogging airports
MONTREAL — Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says Canada's airport security agency is increasing its staffing, but that a lack of workers is not the main culprit for the unacceptable delays passengers are facing this spring — an assessment the sector
Canadian government charters flights for Ukrainians fleeing war
OTTAWA — Three Canadian charter flights to bring Ukrainians fleeing Russia's invasion will depart Poland in the coming weeks. Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says the flights will be available to some of the more than 90,000 Ukrainians approved for em...
Thailand providing free cannabis plants for home cultivation
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s public health minister, who has spearheaded the country’s drive to decriminalize cannabis, says the government will distribute 1 million of the plants free when most legal restrictions on production and possession of the drug ...
Quebec asks feds to close Roxham Road, says province can’t handle influx of refugees
MONTREAL — Quebec is asking the federal government to close a popular, unofficial border crossing south of Montreal because the province can't handle the number of asylum seekers entering the country, but refugee advocates are rejecting Quebec's claims...
Feds flesh out gun-control legislation by tightening rules on sale of firearms
OTTAWA — The Liberal government has finalized long-promised firearm regulations that ensure someone buying a gun actually has a valid licence and require vendors to keep sales and inventory records. The measures announced Wednesday by Public Safety Min...
Private property owners sue over Virginia’s hunting dog law
WILSONS, Va. (AP) — Soon after Jim Medeiros bought his 143-acre (58-hectare) cattle and poultry farm in rural Virginia a decade ago, he and his wife were startled by the sounds of 20 hunting dogs barking and howling as they
Ontario NDP promises to lower auto insurance rates by 40 per cent if elected
BRAMPTON, Ont. — Ontario's New Democrats would lower auto insurance rates by 40 per cent if elected next month, leader Andrea Horwath said Wednesday. Horwath said she would ban rate increases for 18 months while a commission investigates and recommends...
Ontario Liberals promise $1B to clear surgery backlog from pandemic
TORONTO — The Ontario Liberals would put $1 billion over two years toward clearing an overwhelming surgical backlog – a pledge that's part of all three major parties' election platforms. Leader Steven Del Duca said Wednesday a Liberal government would ...
Catholic cardinal, others arrested on Hong Kong security law
HONG KONG (AP) — A 90-year-old Roman Catholic cardinal, a singer and at least two others have been arrested in Hong Kong on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces to endanger China’s national security, in an action widely condemned as
Wives of Mariupol defenders to pope: ‘You are our last hope’
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The wives of two Ukrainian soldiers defending the Mariupol steel mill met with Pope Francis on Wednesday and begged him to intervene to arrange for a third-party evacuation of the troops before Russian soldiers capture or
