US hits 8 Cuban officials with travel bans
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has slapped a travel ban on eight Cuban officials it says have been complicit in the repression of opposition protesters and other dissidents.
Atlantic Canada’s vaunted COVID-Zero strategy no match for Omicron variant
HALIFAX — Through most of the COVID-19 pandemic, Atlantic Canada won international praise for the region's largely successful efforts to keep infection rates low — but the arrival of Omicron has upended its vaunted COVID-Zero strategy. The highly conta...
US, Japan hail stronger ties, including 2 new defense deals
WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to deepen their defense cooperation, the United States and Japan will soon sign a new five-year agreement on sharing the cost of the American military presence in Japan, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday.
Hunters kill 20 Yellowstone wolves that roamed out of park
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Twenty of Yellowstone National Park's renowned gray wolves roamed from the park and were shot by hunters in recent months — the most killed by hunting in a single season since the predators were reintroduced to
Nova Scotia requests federal help for COVID-19 booster vaccine rollout
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia has asked the federal government for help in ramping up its COVID-19 vaccine booster rollout, amid the biggest wave of the disease in the province since the start of the pandemic. The province has sent Ottawa a
Environmental justice in spotlight as WH official departs
The White House's top official on environmental justice is stepping down a year after President Joe Biden took office with an ambitious plan to help disadvantaged communities and overhaul policies that have historically hurt them.
COVID-19 affects eight of 20 firefighters in Prince Rupert, B.C.
VANCOUVER — More than half of the firefighters in Prince Rupert, B.C., who were off sickthis week are at the forefront of a wave of workers expected to fall ill because of COVID-19. Firefighters, police and teachers are among those putting
US man charged with secretly aiding Egyptian interests
WASHINGTON (AP) — A New York man has been arrested on charges that he worked as a secret and unregistered agent of the Egyptian government, including by sharing information with American law enforcement officials about political opponents of President ...
Erin O’Toole urges accommodations for unvaccinated Canadians amid Omicron wave
OTTAWA — Canadians unwilling to be vaccinated against COVID-19 should be accommodated through measures like rapid testing, Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole said Thursday as health experts warned the lightning-fast spread of the Omicron variant threaten...
New Brunswick hospitals struggling to provide timely care amid COVID-19 surge
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's hospitals are struggling to provide appropriate and timely care amid rising COVID-19 infections and the high number of health staff who can't work because they have tested positive or have been exposed to the disease. "Hun...
