Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly heading to Ukraine over Russian troop concerns
OTTAWA — Canada's foreign affairs minister is heading to Ukraine amid mounting fears of a Russian invasion. Melanie Joly is to depart Sunday for Kyiv on a weeklong trip that will include stops in Paris and Brussels. Her office says the trip
COVID, China, climate: Online Davos event tackles big themes
GENEVA (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has forced the World Economic Forum's annual meeting of world leaders, business executives and other heavyweights to go virtual for the second year in a row, but organizers still hope to catapult the world
Republican Glenn Youngkin sworn in as Virginia 74th governor
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Striking a tone of bipartisanship and optimism, Virginia’s new governor, Glenn Youngkin, pledged to “restore trust in government and to restore power to the people” after he was sworn in to office Saturday.
County’s $7M in PPE left outside, damaged by California rain
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) — About $7 million worth of surplus personal protective equipment and cleaning supplies, purchased by a Northern California county earlier in the coronavirus pandemic, was damaged in recent rainstorms after it was left outside...
Biden backers ‘not seeing the results’ a year into his term
NEW YORK (AP) — Just over a year ago, millions of energized young people, women, voters of color and independents joined forces to send Joe Biden to the White House. But 12 months into his presidency, many describe a coalition
Some in GOP begin testing party’s lockstep loyalty to Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump stepped up his election-year effort to dominate the Republican Party, holding a rally in Arizona on Saturday in which he castigated anyone who dares to question his lie that the 2020 presidential election...
Headed to disaster? US, Russia harden stances in talks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The failure of last week’s high-stakes diplomatic meetings to resolve escalating tensions over Ukraine has put Russia, the United States and its European allies in uncharted post-Cold War territory, posing significant challenges for t...
Biden team regroups after court loss on COVID shots-or-test
WASHINGTON (AP) — Concerned but not giving up, President Joe Biden is anxiously pushing ahead to prod people to get COVID-19 shots after the Supreme Court put a halt to the administration's sweeping vaccinate-or-test plan for large employers.
Yukon says new temporary COVID-19 public health measures come into effect Tuesday
WHITEHORSE — Yukon says it will introduce new public health measures on Tuesday due to a surge in COVID-19 cases caused by the highly contagious Omicron variant. Under the new guidelines, all private and public gatherings will be limited to 10
Yukon government pledges to work with First Nations to combat mental health crisis
WHITEHORSE — The Yukon government says it is working to address the territory's mental health crisis as overdose and suicide rates continue to surge. In November, the Yukon Coroner's Service said the territory's opioid overdose rate per capita was the ...
