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West Virginia agriculture bill stokes fears about pesticide-spewing logging facility

West Virginia agriculture bill stokes fears about pesticide-spewing logging facility

CHARLESTON, W.Va.
B.C. eyes community, non-profit, underused lands to build affordable rental units

B.C. eyes community, non-profit, underused lands to build affordable rental units

VANCOUVER — British Columbia is launching a public housing plan to build more affordable rental units for middle-income earners who often struggle financially to live in the same communities where they work, Premier David Eby said Tuesday.
Inquest into slain officer: Quebec doctors say it's hard to get patients to take meds

Inquest into slain officer: Quebec doctors say it's hard to get patients to take meds

MONTREAL — Psychiatrists who treated a mentally ill Quebec man who killed a provincial police officer told a coroner's inquest on Tuesday about the challenges in getting patients to follow conditions from the province's mental-health board.
National response needed for encampment crisis, evictions must end: federal advocate

National response needed for encampment crisis, evictions must end: federal advocate

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Unhoused people have a fundamental right to live in encampments, and that right is violated when authorities tear them down, Canada's housing advocate says.
Fisheries minister leaning toward suspending this year's Maritime baby eel fishery

Fisheries minister leaning toward suspending this year's Maritime baby eel fishery

HALIFAX — Canada's fisheries minister says she wants to shut down this year's lucrative baby eel fishery with only weeks to go before the season opens in the Maritimes.
Tennessee GOP could change law to prevent Democrat's simultaneous bids for Senate and statehouse

Tennessee GOP could change law to prevent Democrat's simultaneous bids for Senate and statehouse

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Less than a year after Tennessee Republicans attempted to expel her from the state House , Democrat Gloria Johnson is seeking another term there while simultaneously waging an uphill campaign for U.S. Senate .
Former military leader Haydn Edmundson faces cross-examination in sex-assault trial

Former military leader Haydn Edmundson faces cross-examination in sex-assault trial

OTTAWA — Retired vice-admiral Haydn Edmundson faced cross-examination in his sexual-assault trial in Ottawa on Tuesday, steadfastly denying he raped a woman on board a navy ship in 1991.
As pharmacare deadline looms, Singh mulls a future without NDP's deal with Liberals

As pharmacare deadline looms, Singh mulls a future without NDP's deal with Liberals

OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is mulling what it would mean if the supply-and-confidence deal that ties his party to the Liberals should end prematurely.
Conservatives would renegotiate free-trade deal with Ukraine, says MP James Bezan

Conservatives would renegotiate free-trade deal with Ukraine, says MP James Bezan

OTTAWA — A Tory member of Parliament says a future Conservative government would renegotiate Canada's trade deal with Ukraine so it contains no reference to carbon pricing.
Fake Michigan Certificate of Votes mailed to U.S. Senate after 2020 presidential vote, official says

Fake Michigan Certificate of Votes mailed to U.S. Senate after 2020 presidential vote, official says

A fake Certificate of Votes was submitted to the U.S.