Ontario offers tuition supports for career college PSW students
TORONTO — Ontario is offering tuition support for up to 4,000 personal support worker students enrolling at private career colleges. The program first launched last year and the government says it helped 3,000 personal support workers get trained and g...
Scathing reports find military failures in 2020 Kenya attack
WASHINGTON (AP) — Military investigations have found poor leadership, inadequate training and a "culture of complacency” among U.S. forces undermined efforts to fend off a 2020 attack by militants in Kenya that killed three Americans, U.S. officials fa...
ICC prosecutor seeks 3 warrants linked to 2008 Georgia war
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced late Thursday that he is seeking arrest warrants for three men suspected of committing war crimes during the 2008 Russo-Georgian War.
Scrap thresholds in requests to decriminalize simple drug possession: coalition
OTTAWA — More than 20 advocacy organizations are urging the federal minister of mental health and addictions to not require quantity limits from jurisdictions requesting to decriminalize simple drug possession. Legal and health organizations have asked...
Biden announces major non-NATO ally status for Colombia
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that he intends to designate Colombia as a major non-NATO ally, a step that will provide the Latin American nation with benefits in the areas of defense, trade and security cooperation.
Premier won’t call for sanctions on oligarch who owns shares in Saskatchewan mill
REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he's not calling on Ottawa to sanction a Russian oligarch who's a major shareholder in a U.K.-incorporated multinational manufacturing company that operates a steel mill in Regina. The British government, cl...
Cyprus rights official: Young migrants in ‘miserable’ camp
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The war in Ukraine has focused the world’s attention on the plight of millions fleeing the country. But migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and elsewhere continue to reach ethnically divided Cyprus, where authorities say they’...
Wisconsin lawsuit accuses 3 GOP congressmen of insurrection
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin liberals on Thursday filed a federal lawsuit alleging that Republican Sen. Ron Johnson and two other GOP congressmen are insurrectionists in violation of the U.S. Constitution for their words and actions in support of Don...
Budget office says federal spending on health care going up faster than planned
OTTAWA — Federal spending on health care and elderly benefits are set to rise at a faster clip over the next 12 months than previously planned under forecasts the parliamentary budget officer warns don't account for looming budget promises. Health tran...
Right whale protection measures to return ahead of migration into Canadian seas
HALIFAX — The federal government has announced its fishery and vessel management measures for the 2022 season to protect North Atlantic right whales as the endangered animals migrate into Canadian waters. Officials said in a statement today the Fisheri...
