Promise tracker: What the parties are pitching on the campaign trail
TORONTO — A running list of election promises announced by the Progressive Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Greens in Ontario since late March: Progressive Conservatives May 7: Continue with work to build road infrastructure to the Ring of Fire. May 6:...
Tribes credited with elevating vaccinations in rural Arizona
PHOENIX (AP) — Mary Francis had no qualms about being a poster child for COVID-19 vaccinations on the Navajo Nation, once a virus hot spot. The Navajo woman's face and words grace a digital flyer asking people on the Native
Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford touts party’s progress in Ring of Fire plan
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. — Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford is touting the progress his party has made on the Ring of Fire development. He says his party would continue to work with Indigenous communities and invest $1 billion to
Ontario Liberals pledge to add COVID-19 vaccine to school immunization list
OTTAWA — The Ontario Liberals pledged Saturday to add COVID-19 vaccination to the immunization schedule for schools, if elected, though parents could still get "conscience" exemptions. Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca said the best way to get back to nor...
Wisconsin GOP eyeing shift in control of election oversight
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Doug La Follette is adjusting to a new status in Wisconsin politics: relevance. The 81-year-old secretary of state has been a forgotten man
Louisiana offers free microchips to identify saddles
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana is offering free microchips to people who want permanent identification for their saddles. “It's exciting,” said Cliff Williamson, director of regulatory
Ontario NDP promise grants, loans for energy efficient upgrades in homes
BOWMANVILLE, Ont. — Ontario New Democrats are promising grants and interest-free loans for people to make energy efficient upgrades in their homes that can help lower their utility bills. NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says it's a way to both fight the
Forced to relocate to a flood plain: Manitoba First Nation says protection is overdue
WINNIPEG — The marshy delta of Manitoba's Fisher River was not the original home of Peguis First Nation. But having been relocated there more than a century ago after an illegal land transfer, and facing increased flooding in recent decades,
Supreme Court leak shakes trust in one more American pillar
WASHINGTON (AP) — Is there a new American motto: In nothing we trust? By lots of measures, most in the U.S. lack much confidence in large institutions
What GOP-nominated justices said about Roe to Senate panel
WASHINGTON (AP) — In one form or another, every Supreme Court nominee is asked during Senate hearings about his or her views of the Roe v. Wade abortion rights ruling that has stood for a half century.
