Politics

OTTAWA — Canadian manufacturers of masks and other equipment for protecting against COVID-19 are seeking more than $5 billion in damages from the federal government, saying Ottawa misled them about buying and helping sell their products.

CHARLESTON, W.Va.

BCE Inc. is urging the CRTC to implement conditions such as caps on eligible speeds and initial access restrictions if the regulator allows smaller internet providers to use rivals' fibre networks to offer their services to customers.

OTTAWA — Lawyers for former military leader Haydn Edmundson wrapped up the evidentiary portion of his defence Wednesday, setting the stage for closing arguments in April in the retired vice-admiral's sexual assault trial.

OTTAWA — First Nations leaders are calling on the federal government to oppose a nuclear waste disposal site near the Ottawa River that they say threatens drinking water and their rights.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A conservative group has told a Georgia judge that it doesn't have evidence to support its claims of illegal ballot stuffing during the the 2020 general election and a runoff two months later.

VICTORIA — Veteran British Columbia politician Mike de Jong has announced he will leave the legislature after a 30-year career in government and opposition. De Jong, who was first elected as a B.C.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A divided Missouri Supreme Court upheld voting districts drawn for the state Senate on Wednesday, rejecting a legal challenge that claimed mapmakers should have placed a greater emphasis on keeping communities intact.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former U.S. Rep.

HALIFAX — Capital spending in Nova Scotia remains at a record level, although provincial Finance Minister Allan MacMaster says he doesn’t envision the government’s funding allocation growing larger in the future.