Biden’s ATF pick endorsed by ex-Justice Department officials
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 140 former Justice Department officials, including two past attorneys general, are throwing their support behind President Joe Biden’s nominee to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Shell reports record 1st-quarter earnings as oil prices soar
LONDON (AP) — Energy giant Shell reported record first-quarter earnings after a surge in oil prices, fueling calls for the British government to impose a tax on energy companies’ windfall earnings to help consumers struggling with the soaring cost of
$6.5 billion raised at donors’ conference for Ukraine
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — War-ravaged Ukraine received pledges for $6.5 billion more in humanitarian aid Thursday at an international donor's conference in Warsaw that sought to get Ukrainians urgent help while still planning for the country's post-war rec...
UK votes in local polls dominated by cost-of-living crisis
LONDON (AP) — People in Britain voted Thursday in local elections that will decide the makeup of local authorities across the country — and possibly the fate of embattled Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
The AP Interview: Belarus admits Russia’s war ‘drags on’
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko defended Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in an interview Thursday with The Associated Press, but he said he didn’t expect the 10-week-old conflict to “drag on this way.”
Physician assistants say they could help ease pressure on Nova Scotia health system
HALIFAX — With Nova Scotia's medical staff shortages, long surgery wait times and lingering barriers to primary care, physician assistants say they are an untapped resource in the province. Physician assistants are trained, primarily by the military, t...
Financial intelligence agency highlights criminal risks of underground banking
OTTAWA — Canada's financial intelligence agency is warning that unregistered money-transfer services are ripe for abuse by criminals trying to launder cash and fund terrorist activities. In a new advisory on the risks of underground banking, the Financ...
Conservative leadership candidates spar over COVID mandates, trucker convoy, Huawei
OTTAWA — Longtime Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre and Jean Charest, Quebec's former premier, took turns attacking one another's political records Thursday in the first unofficial debate in the Tory leadership race. Poilievre, who's campaigning on a p...
Firefighters say recognition of cancer risk is tough battle, especially in Quebec
VANCOUVER — Jenn Dawkins remembers the spring day in 2016 when she joined four other female firefighters at British Columbia's legislature to lobby for the inclusion of breast cancer as a presumed occupational illness covered by the province's health a...
Where the Ontario leaders are on the campaign trail for May 5
TORONTO — Here's where the leaders of Ontario's main political parties are today: ____ Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford Pickering: Makes an announcement. 9:30 a.m. 920 Kingston Rd. ____ NDP Leader Andrea Horwath Toronto: Announces a plan to ex...