Anchorage to consider homeless shelter location ordinance
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — City officials in Anchorage are considering a change to its land use code that would expand where homeless shelters could be built in the city.
B.C.’s top doctor says stay vigilant as not enough second vaccine doses administered
VICTORIA — British Columbia's provincial health officer began her update on COVID-19 by paying tribute to the 215 children whose remains were discovered at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops. Dr. Bonnie Henry says there are no words
Alberta report urges home care to handle predicted surge in continuing-care system
EDMONTON — A review of Alberta's continuing-care system says demand for it will grow by two-thirds by the end of the decade.The report, released by Health Minister Tyler Shandro, makes 42 recommendations to deal with the expected surge, including expan...
Israeli official rolls back army chief comments on AP Gaza
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister on Monday distanced himself from comments made by his military chief after Israel bombed a Gaza Strip high-rise housing an Associated Press office and other news outlets, saying the remarks were not meant to
‘Leave the building’: Texas walkout escalates voting battles
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Midnight was coming fast. Any moment now, the Texas House of Representatives would sign off on one of the most restrictive new voting laws in America.
A nation slowly emerging from pandemic honors Memorial Day
A nation slowly emerging from social distancing measures imposed by the coronavirus pandemic honored generations of U.S. veterans killed in the line of duty on a Memorial Day observed without the severe pandemic restrictions that affected the day of tr...
California eyes shuttered malls, stores for new housing
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California state lawmakers are grappling with a particularly 21st-century problem: What to do with the growing number of shopping malls and big box retail stores left empty by consumers shifting their purchases to the web.
Nevada OKs bill in try for 1st presidential nominating state
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada lawmakers passed a bill on Monday that aims to make the state the first to weigh in on the 2024 presidential primary contests.
Head of coal-mining panel says Albertans’ trust in resource regulators to be examined
EDMONTON — A public consultation committee on coal mining in the Rocky Mountains will consider why Albertans' level of trust in the province's regulatory bodies is so low, the panel's head said Monday.In an hour-long phone-in show on CBC Radio,
UBC reviews award of honorary degree to former principal of B.C. residential school
VANCOUVER — The University of British Columbia is reviewing its awarding of an honorary degree to a Roman Catholic bishop who was once a principal at a residential school where the remains of over 200 children have been discovered.The university