Pharmacare, tax freeze and health-care spending feature in Ontario NDP platform
TORONTO — Accelerated pharmacare, a freeze on income tax for certain residents and hiring tens of thousands of health-care and education workers were among the key promises in the election platform unveiled by Ontario's New Democrats on Monday. NDP Le...
Government calls inquiry into use of Emergencies Act
OTTAWA — Federal ministers defended the government's use of the Emergencies Act Monday as they announced an independent public inquiry to investigate the use of the act to end blockades at Canadian border crossings and in Ottawa earlier this year. The
Upcoming census release to show how country is aging, detail gender for first time
OTTAWA — To Parminder Raina, age is really just a number — scientifically speaking. Raina, the scientific director of the McMaster Institute for Research on Aging, points to the difference between complex movements a young person can do compared to the...
Canadian military not doing enough to detect, prevent extremism in the ranks: Report
OTTAWA — A scathing new report on racism in the Canadian Armed Forces says the military is not doing enough to detect and prevent white supremacists and other violent extremists from infiltrating its ranks. The report, released Monday by Defence Minist...
Live updates | Russia-Ukraine War
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned Monday that Ukraine risks provoking World War III and said the threat of a nuclear conflict “should not be underestimated.” In
Russia hits faraway targets; diplomat warns of risk of WWIII
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia unleashed a string of attacks Monday against rail and fuel installations deep inside Ukraine, far from the front lines of Moscow’s new eastern offensive, as Russia’s top diplomat warned against provoking World War III and
Japan to send envoy to Solomons amid worry over China pact
TOKYO (AP) — Japan is sending a vice foreign minister to the Solomon Islands on Monday amid worry over a recent security agreement that the South Pacific nation struck with China that could increase Beijing's military influence in the region.
Hunter Biden is prime target if Republicans win Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — Intelligence officials had gathered to brief select members of Congress on future threats to U.S. elections when a key lawmaker in the room, No. 3 House Republican Elise Stefanik of New York, tried to move the discussion
AP-NORC poll: Many support Jackson court confirmation
WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans approve than disapprove of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court as its first Black female justice, a new poll finds, but that support is politically lopsided. And a majority of Black Americans —
Jurors reject array of defenses at Capitol riot trials
Jurors have heard — and rejected — an array of excuses and arguments from the first rioters to be tried for storming the U.S. Capitol. The next jury to get a Capitol riot case could hear another novel defense this
