What is Roe v. Wade, the landmark abortion access case?
A leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court decision suggests the country's highest court could be poised to overturn the constitutional right to abortion, allowing individual states to more heavily regulate or even ban the procedure.
US to hold back Lake Powell water to protect hydropower
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. officials announced what they called extraordinary steps on Tuesday to keep hundreds of billions of gallons of water stored in a reservoir on the Utah-Arizona line to prevent it from shrinking more amid prolonged
Saskatchewan minimum wage to rise to $15 an hour by 2024
REGINA — The Saskatchewan government is planning to gradually increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2024. The province has the lowest minimum wage in the country at $11.81 hourly. The government says that figure is to increase to $13
B.C. finance minister says ‘over my dead body,’ will abortion access change
VICTORIA — British Columbia's finance minister says she will fight to ensure abortion access rights are never denied in the province no matter what may happen in the United States. Selina Robinson reacted strongly to questions about the status of abort...
B.C. sees decrease in overdose deaths in March, but drug users face risks: coroner
VICTORIA — British Columbia's chief coroner says a recent dip in the number of overdose deaths is encouraging, but illicit toxic drugs still present enormous risks for substance users. Lisa Lapointe says the latest overdose figures show 165 people died...
SD pot legalization campaign submits signatures for ballot
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Advocates for legalizing recreational marijuana in South Dakota on Tuesday submitted petition signatures to the secretary of state, saying they were confident they had collected enough to place the initiative on the November ba...
Liberals, NDP co-operate to get fall economic statement to final vote Wednesday
OTTAWA — The government's five-month-old fall economic statement should finally pass the House of Commons Wednesday following some procedural manoeuvring by the Liberals and the NDP. The two parties, which signed a confidence and supply agreement in Ma...
US abortion trends have changed since landmark 1973 ruling
The abortion landscape has changed in the United States since the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. A leaked draft of a Supreme Court decision suggests a majority of justices support throwing out that ruling, which legalized abortion
Biden says basic U.S. rights are at risk if Supreme Court draft decision stands
WASHINGTON — Rescinding the constitutional right to an abortion would be just the beginning, President Joe Biden warned Tuesday as the world confronted anew the possibility that women in the United States are poised to lose the right to choose.
Nova Scotia scales back non-resident property tax after criticism it was ‘unfair’
HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government is revising a contentious non-resident property tax that was adopted last month as a way to ease the province's housing crunch. In a news release, Premier Tim Houston says the non-resident owners of properties such
