Another ‘unique’ tax-filing season opens in Canada amid pandemic challenges: CRA
OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency will begin accepting income tax returns Monday, marking the official start of tax-filing season. The agency cautions it will be another "unique" tax period as it continues to face challenges due to the COVID-19 pandem...
German officials condemn climate protests at roads, port
BERLIN (AP) — German officials condemned protests Monday by climate activists who blocked roads including near the country's biggest port. Members of the group Uprising of the
Ontario legislators set to return Tuesday for pre-election session
TORONTO — Pandemic recovery, housing and affordability will be top of mind for Ontario's party leaders as the legislature resumes sitting Tuesday for the last few weeks of the session ahead of a June election. Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservati...
EXPLAINER: How fake electors tried to throw result to Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — State attorneys general and the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol are digging deeper into the role that fake slates of electors played in Donald Trump's desperate effort to cling to power
Ukraine-Russia crisis: What to know in the escalating crisis
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Efforts by world leaders to head off a Russian invasion of Ukraine were dealt a serious blow Monday when Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees recognizing the independence of two separatist regions in eastern Ukraine and...
With all eyes on Ukraine, Putin to send his envoy to Balkans
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — With all eyes on a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin is sending his top security envoy to the Balkans where Moscow has been trying to maintain influence mainly through its ally Serbia,
EXPLAINER: Ukraine crisis tests China-Russia partnership
BEIJING (AP) — Russia’s military buildup along its border with Ukraine is testing the possibility of a Moscow-Beijing axis lining up against the U.S. and its allies.
China sanctions Raytheon, Lockheed over Taiwan deal
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China said Monday it will impose new sanctions on U.S. defense contractors Raytheon Technologies and Lockheed Martin due to their arms sales to Taiwan, stepping up a feud with Washington over security and Beijing’s strategic ambit...
EU vows to help prevent the possible breakup of Bosnia
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is ready to limit financial assistance and possibly impose sanctions in Bosnia to help prevent the possible breakup up of the ethnically divided Balkan country as the peace agreement brokered over 25 years ago
Trudeau says protests, blockades could return after police clear Ottawa’s core
OTTAWA — The federal government remains alert to the possibility that trucks and protesters could return to Canada's capital after police spent the weekend arresting demonstrators and dispersing blockades on Ottawa's streets, Prime Minister Justin Trud...
