Ex-owners of polluting Italian steel plant convicted
MILAN (AP) — Two former owners of a troubled steel plant in southern Italy were convicted Monday of toxic pollution that prosecutors say cost hundreds of lives. They were each sentenced to more than two decades in prison.
Manitoba approves different second dose after initial AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
WINNIPEG — Manitoba residents who received the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine as their first shot against COVID-19 can now get their second dose from a vaccine made by a different company. The province has approved the use of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna a...
Mayors press Freeland for direct funding for urban Indigenous housing
OTTAWA — The mayors of Canada's biggest cities say they pushed Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland for a timeline on when the Liberals want to meet their goal of ending chronic homelessness in the country, and when extra housing help is
June 1 boost to B.C.’s minimum wage raises it to highest in Canada: ministry
VICTORIA — The minimum wage in British Columbia jumps to $15.20 an hour on June 1, making it the highest rate of any province in Canada. A statement from the Ministry of Labour says the rate climbs 60 cents per hour
Ontario’s fiscal watchdog predicts $12.3B spending gap in education sector by 2029-30
One of Ontario's fiscal watchdogs says provincial funding allocated for education over the next several years falls billions of dollars short of what it projects will be needed to pay for promised programming.The Financial Accountability Office issued ...
AstraZeneca expiry change based on science but communication is key: experts
OTTAWA — Many immunologists and infectious disease experts are rushing to convince Canadians that extending the expiration date on some Oxford-AstraZeneca doses is a normal and scientifically sound decision. Health Canada said Saturday it had approved ...
Nova Scotia to reopen schools in Halifax and Sydney, N.S., on Thursday
HALIFAX — A sustained drop in active COVID-19 infections across Nova Scotia has led health officials to reopen schools in the Halifax and Sydney, N.S., areas this week and loosen travel restrictions. The Halifax and Sydney regions were left out of
Scrutiny mounts of legacy of pioneering Northwest missionary
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — For generations Marcus Whitman has been widely viewed as an iconic figure from early Pacific Northwest history, a venerated Protestant missionary who was among 13 people killed by the Cayuse tribe near modern-day Walla Walla, Wash...
Health officials in New Brunswick report a dozen new cases of COVID-19
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick is reporting 12 new cases of COVID-19 today. Health officials say the new cases involve five people in the Moncton region, five in the Fredericton area and two in the Bathurst region. New Brunswick has 146 active reported
Hundreds gather at historic Tulsa church’s prayer wall
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Hundreds gathered Monday for an interfaith service dedicating a prayer wall outside historic Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church in Tulsa's Greenwood neighborhood on the centennial of the first day of one of the deadliest rac...