Russian space chief: Sanctions could imperil space station

MOSCOW (AP) — The head of Russia's space program said Saturday that the future of the International Space Station hangs in the balance after the United States, the European Union, and Canadian space agencies missed a deadline to meet Russian

Canada’s foreign affairs minister to visit Europe for meetings on Ukraine

OTTAWA — Canada’s foreign affairs minister is travelling to Europe for meetings to address the response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Mélanie Joly announced Saturday that she will visit Finland, Germany and Belgium. Joly is to meet with her Finnish ...

Nova Scotia, New Brunswick working on bid for 2023 world junior hockey championship

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia and New Brunswick say they are working together on a bid to host the 2023 world junior men’s hockey championship. Both provincial governments put out joint statements late Friday announcing their support for the bid. The bid would...

West, Russia mull nuclear steps in a ‘more dangerous’ world

WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia’s assault on Ukraine and its veiled threats of using nuclear arms have policymakers, past and present, thinking the unthinkable: How should the West respond to a Russian battlefield explosion of a nuclear bomb?

Saskatchewan farmers pinched by inflation, drought say carbon tax hike another drag

REGINA — Dickson Delorme, who farms near the town of Foam Lake, Sask., says he stockpiled fuel weeks ago to prepare for the federal carbon tax increase. With seeding season about to start, many Saskatchewan farmers are looking to save where

Border asylum limits ending, but not Biden’s migrant woes

WASHINGTON (AP) — The ban on asylum-seekers at the U.S-Mexico border on public health grounds was imposed by a president who wanted to restrict immigration entirely. It will soon be ended by a president who is facing increasing pressure from

Sri Lankan president declares curfew to preempt protests

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka imposed a countrywide curfew starting Saturday evening until Monday morning, in addition to a state of emergency declared by the president, in an attempt to prevent more protests blaming the government for the

NY bail law fight emblematic of Democrats’ debate on crime

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s hard to find anyone on board with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan to toughen the state’s bail laws, two years after they were retooled to keep people from being jailed because they are poor.

Nova Scotia Realtors question whether tax on non-residents will ease housing shortage

HALIFAX — New tax measures aimed at non-resident property owners announced in Tuesday's Nova Scotia budget are sending the wrong message, Realtors in the province say. As of Friday, non-residents who buy a property and do not move to the province

Hajdu hopes long-term boil water advisories lifted by 2025, end of Liberal-NDP deal

OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu hopes Canada will be able to lift its remaining long-term drinking water advisories by 2025 — the year a deal between the NDP and the Liberal government is set to expire. Hajdu has declined

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