Court to weigh in on asylum-seekers made to wait in Mexico

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is giving the Biden administration a quick hearing on its effort to scrap a Trump-era border policy that makes asylum-seekers

Politicians condemn violence at Coastal GasLink construction site in northern B.C.

Politicians are denouncing what police have called a violent confrontation in separate attacks against officers and employees at a construction site for a natural gas pipeline being built across northern British Columbia.  Federal Public Safety Ministe...

US, Britain accuse Russia of cyberattacks targeting Ukraine

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House blamed Russia on Friday for this week's cyberattacks targeting Ukraine’s defense ministry and major banks and warned of the potential for more significant disruptions in the days ahead.

National Archives: Trump took classified items to Mar-a-Lago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Classified information was found in the 15 boxes of White House records that were stored at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence, the National Archives and Records Administration said Friday in a letter that confirmed ...

NYC mayor pushes to remove homeless people in subway system

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams is making an aggressive push to try to remove homeless people from the city’s sprawling subway system, announcing a plan to start barring people from sleeping on trains or riding

New Brunswick set to reduce COVID-19 public health restrictions as of midnight

FREDERICTON — Health officials in New Brunswick are reporting another COVID-19-related death as the province prepares to move to the least restrictive level of the government's COVID-19 winter plan. There have now been 298 COVID-19-related deaths in ...

Yukon launches new site for COVID-19 case counts, vaccinations, other key data

WHITEHORSE — The Yukon government has started a new COVID-19 dashboard aimed at keeping residents up to date about important pandemic-related information. A statement from the government says the user-friendly dashboard replaces the COVID-19 case count...

A list of anti-COVID restriction protests around the world

Protests against COVID-19 restrictions have taken place around the world since the beginning of the pandemic. Here is a look at some of the demonstrations over governments' handling of the pandemic as police began making arrests Friday in Ottawa of

Judge grants injunction extension to keep Ambassador Bridge clear

A busy international bridge will remain clear of protesters and vehicles, an Ontario judge ordered Friday after the City of Windsor argued there was a "real and present threat" of another blockade. Ontario Superior Court Chief Justice Geoffrey Morawetz...

Ontario to end tolls on two Toronto-area highways this spring

Ontario will remove tolls on two Greater Toronto Area highways this spring in a move Premier Doug Ford says will help Ontarians financially after the hardships of the pandemic. Ford announced the changes to Highways 412 and 418 on Friday. The

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