NATO’s eastern nations want better protection from alliance

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Nine NATO nations on the alliance's eastern flank held talks Friday in Romania ahead of a key NATO summit later this month, with some leaders urging NATO to step up protections for them in light of

Ranchers’ group pushes back against Health Canada’s ‘vilification’ of beef

CALGARY — A group representing Canadian ranchers says their industry has been unfairly singled out by proposed new regulations that would require packaged ground beef to be sold with a health warning label. The Canadian Cattlemen's Association is cryin...

US buys more monkeypox vaccine as global case count grows

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government is buying more monkeypox vaccine as a surprising international outbreak continues to grow, health officials said Friday. As of Friday,

1/6 panel: Told repeatedly he lost, Trump refused to go

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was told the same thing over and over, by his campaign team, the data crunchers, and a steady stream of lawyers, investigators and inner-circle allies: There was no voting fraud that could have tipped the

N.B. removes mention of ‘unceded’ land from motion recognizing Reconciliation Day

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's government has removed mention of "unceded" land from a motion recognizing the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation because of a First Nations title claim before the courts. The amended motion also inserts wording exp...

New Canadian regulations would put warning on each cigarette, not just packaging

Canada is poised to become the first country in the world to require that a warning be printed on every cigarette.  The move builds on Canada's mandate to include graphic photo warnings on tobacco products' packaging — a groundbreaking policy that

Biden nixes Trump design for Air Force One over cost, delay

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration has scrapped former President Donald Trump's red, white and blue design for the new generation of presidential aircraft after an Air Force review suggested it would raise costs and delay the delive...

Charter tuna boat captains in P.E.I. hope for mackerel closure exemption

NORTH LAKE, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND — A sport fishing industry that is synonymous with Prince Edward Island is hoping for an exemption to the recent closure of the Atlantic mackerel fishery, which is its primary source of bait. Troy Bruce, chairman

New Mexico residents sue for information on massive wildfire

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Dozens of residents in a small New Mexico community impacted by massive wildfires that merged in April are suing the U.S. Forest Service over what they called a failure to provide information about the government's

Japan vows bigger security role in region to tackle threats

SINGAPORE (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced plans on Friday to boost his country's diplomatic and security role in the Asia Pacific to tackle what he described as growing threats in the region amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.