Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs suspends leader after staffer makes formal complaint
WINNIPEG — A prominent First Nations chief in Manitoba has been suspended while the organization he represents investigates a complaint. The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs says in a statement that a senior staff member has filed a formal complaint agains...
B.C. wildfire service to increase prevention work from backyards to forests: official
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — The director of provincial operations for British Columbia's wildfire service says the province needs a "holistic," large-scale program to reduce wildfire risk, starting in backyards, moving to communities then extending to forested la...
Draghi leads push for common EU response to energy crisis
ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Mario Draghi hosted leaders from three fellow Mediterranean countries Friday to push for an urgent, common European response to the energy crisis, which has been worsened by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and is threatening th...
Alberta NDP leader ridicules accusations she’s colluding with new UCP MLA Brian Jean
CALGARY — Alberta's Opposition leader is ridiculing accusations from the governing United Conservatives that she and the UCP's newest member of the legislature are in cahoots. Rachel Notley calls it one of the “most tortured attack lines” she has ever ...
Oligarchs drop defamation lawsuit over Trump-Russia dossier
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three Russian oligarchs who said their reputations were smeared by a dossier of opposition research examining Donald Trump's ties to Russia have agreed to dismiss their defamation lawsuit, according to a notice filed in federal court ...
Beaver Lake Cree Nation to prove anew it needs funding for suit against feds, Alberta
OTTAWA — An Alberta First Nation fighting what it calls overdevelopment of its traditional territory has been given a second chance to convince the courts that governments should advance money for its legal bills so it can spend the revenues
Landfill cleanup slowed after more nuclear waste found
BRIDGETON, Mo. (AP) — Nuclear waste buried in a Missouri landfill that sits near an underground smolder is more extensive than first believed, and is part of the reason the $205 million Superfund project that began nearly four years ago
US education secretary to Florida LGBTQ kids: Got your back
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — In another clash between President Joe Biden’s administration and Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona spoke with LGBTQ students to say the federal government supports them even if the g...
Nova Scotia to keep school mask mandate in place until mid-April
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia will keep its mask mandate in place for public schools as it drops the requirement for most other public spaces on Monday. Officials announced the change Friday, saying it’s in response to advice from a pediatric advisory
California governor floats $100M plan for tribes to buy land
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday proposed giving Native American tribes $100 million so they can purchase and preserve their ancestral lands. The
