Military officer retires, heads to Ukraine amid sex misconduct investigation
OTTAWA — A senior leader in the Canadian Armed Forces has retired and travelled to Ukraine to help defend the country from Russia’s invasion while still under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct. The Department of National Defence confirmed Thu...
House of Commons set to welcome back public, lift COVID-19 ban on visitors
OTTAWA — The House of Commons will next week lift a ban on public visits, introduced more than two years ago to stem the spread of COVID-19. The Commons chamber's public gallery will reopen on Monday, allowing people to once again
Ottawa making good on pledge to unilaterally protect Quebec caribou: minister
MONTREAL — Ottawa is moving forward with plans to unilaterally protect Quebec caribou after the province failed to meet a deadline to provide an acceptable proposal, federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Thursday. Guilbeault had given Que...
Former The Bay store in downtown Winnipeg to be given to Indigenous group
WINNIPEG — One of the landmark stores formerly run by the Hudson's Bay Co. is about to undergo a major transformation in the name of reconciliation with Indigenous people. The company's six-storey, 655,000-square-foot building in downtown Winnipeg is b...
Catalan chief accuses Spain’s intelligence agency of hacking
MADRID (AP) — The head of Catalonia's regional government is accusing Spain's intelligence agency of conducting what he calls “massive political espionage” on the northeastern region's independence movement and says that relations with Spain's national...
Inuit group, federal government endorse new policy to guide Inuit-Crown relations
OTTAWA — Inuit leaders have endorsed what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described as a potentially transformative policy for people in the North. After an Inuit-Crown partnership committee meeting in the national capital Thursday, Trudeau announced the...
Venezuela seeks to take over ICC investigation into killings
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Venezuela has asked the International Criminal Court to defer to authorities in the Latin American nation its investigation into allegations of torture and extrajudicial killings committed by security forces under Presiden...
Kentucky gov asks input, weighing action on medical cannabis
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear revealed plans Thursday for a review of medical marijuana, signaling he's considering whether to take matters into his own hands to legalize medical cannabis in Kentucky.
Trump sways convention races for Michigan AG, elections jobs
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump's extraordinary effort to mold Republicans' 2022 tickets will be put to the test this weekend in Michigan, where thousands of party activists will endorse candidates, including in a contentious attorn...
N Macedonia’s fugitive ex-PM convicted of party funds abuse
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — A court in North Macedonia on Thursday convicted the country's fugitive former prime minister, Nikola Gruevski, of using his conservative party's funds to enrich himself and sentenced him in absentia to seven years in pri...
