High-profile Baltimore prosecutor Marilyn Mosby indicted
BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal grand jury indicted Baltimore’s top prosecutor Thursday on charges of perjury and making false mortgage applications in the purchase of two Florida vacation homes, the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland
COVID-19 contact notification reduced as Manitoba students go back to class
WINNIPEG — Manitoba schools will no longer notify close contacts of individual COVID-19 infections when students return to class next week. Dr. Brent Roussin, the province's chief public health officer, said the rapid transmission of the Omicron varian...
Delays push cost to rebuild fire-damaged Lytton, B.C., to $102M: insurance bureau
VANCOUVER — Insurance losses from a wildfire that wiped out most of Lytton, B.C., have surged to $102 million. The Insurance Bureau of Canada says the amount has risen from an original estimate of $78 million mostly because of delays in
O’Toole says he opposes Quebec’s plan to ‘tax and target’ the unvaccinated
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says while he respects provincial jurisdiction, he opposes Quebec's plan "to tax and target" those who are unvaccinated against COVID-19. The Tory leader made his position known on Premier François Legault's pr...
Medical marijuana advances with Mississippi senate vote
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi senators voted Thursday to advance a bill that would create a medical marijuana program, sending it to the House for more work.
RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan will remain in prison
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sirhan Sirhan, who assassinated presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, was denied parole Thursday by California’s governor, who said the killer remains a threat to the public and hasn’t taken responsibility for a cr...
B.C. expands program aimed at preventing overdose deaths in construction industry
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is providing a $1-million grant to expand access to resources aimed at preventing overdose deaths in the construction industry. Sheila Malcolmson, the minister of mental health and addictions, said the program...
US to allow teen semi drivers in test apprenticeship program
DETROIT (AP) — The federal government is moving forward with a plan to let teenagers drive big rigs from state to state in a test program. Currently,
N.S. government accepts recommended minimum wage increase to $13.35 per hour
HALIFAX — The minimum wage in Nova Scotia will rise by 40 cents to $13.35 per hour this spring, Premier Tim Houston said Thursday, adding that his government would take a few weeks to discuss further increases. Minimum wages are set
After COVID-19 diagnosis, WVa governor’s health is improving
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said his health was improving Thursday, two days after he was diagnosed with COVID-19. The 70-year-old Republican governor
