‘Everyone has exhaled’: Candice Bergen brings steady hand to Conservative caucus
OTTAWA — The new interim leader of Canada's Conservatives hails from a small Mennonite community and is no stranger to leadership. Candice Bergen was picked Wednesday evening to take over from Erin O'Toole, who was ousted by his own MPs following
Kruger seeks to follow path to ‘impartial and fair justice’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Leondra Kruger settled into her new chambers at California’s highest court seven years ago, she asked her top assistant to place the reports from the U.S. Supreme Court on the shelf behind her desk.
GoFund Me called to Commons committee as links to U.S. alleged in Ottawa protest
OTTAWA — A parliamentary committee has called on GoFundMe representatives to testify about how it ensures that money raised on its platform isn’t used to promote hate, such as antisemitism and white supremacy. New Democrat MP Alistair MacGregor won the...
South Dakota AG insists no wrongdoing during crash probe
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg on Thursday insisted he had done nothing wrong in using his position overseeing the state's Division of Criminal Investigation to make inquiries about what out-of-state criminal investig...
N.L. to lower pandemic alert level, COVID-19 case counts grow in provincial jails
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Bars will reopen on Monday in Newfoundland and Labrador for the first time since the government tightened pandemic restrictions in December amid soaring COVID-19 cases. Chief medical officer of health Dr. Janice Fitzgerald acknowledg...
Ottawa ‘clarifies’ truckers are not exempt from COVID-19 vaccine mandate
OTTAWA — The government has issued an order-in-council clarifying that truckers are not exempt from a vaccine mandate after bureaucrats were confused by their own policy. The Canada Border Services Agency created widespread confusion last month after i...
UK: Senior aides quit in new blow to embattled Boris Johnson
LONDON (AP) — Four of Boris Johnson’s most senior staff quit on Thursday, triggering new turmoil for the embattled British prime minister. Johnson’s office said chief of
Yukon eases some COVID-19 limits on sports, gatherings as it keeps state of emergency
WHITEHORSE — Yukon is making tentative plans to gradually lift its COVID-19 restrictions, but the state of emergency declared in November will remain in place for another 90 days. Premier Sandy Silver told a news conference on Thursday that starting
PBO says federal funding for child-care system isn’t enough to meet goals
OTTAWA — The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government has not set aside enough money to build a national child-care system aimed at expanding spaces and cutting fees. The Liberals' budget last year set aside $29.8 billion in new spendin...
ECOWAS asks Burkina Faso junta for election date proposal
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — West African regional leaders refrained Thursday from imposing sanctions against the new military junta in Burkina Faso, instead calling on the new rulers propose a firm date for returning the country to democratic rule.
