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Israel close to approving Gaza reunification program before Rafah invasion: Miller

Israel close to approving Gaza reunification program before Rafah invasion: Miller

OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Marc Miller says Israel seemed to be on the verge of approving a program to get Palestinian relatives of Canadians out of the Gaza Strip before the country's invasion of the town of Rafah.
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Manitoba premier says he wants stability, increases in federal transfer payments

Manitoba premier says he wants stability, increases in federal transfer payments

WINNIPEG — With questions being raised about equalization payments to the provinces, Manitoba is seeking predictability, with room for increases, from federal parties when it comes to all federal transfers.
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Judge denies request to restrict Trump statements about law enforcement in classified records case

Judge denies request to restrict Trump statements about law enforcement in classified records case

WASHINGTON (AP) — The judge overseeing Donald Trump's classified documents case in Florida on Tuesday denied prosecutors' request to bar the former president from making public statements that could endanger law enforcement agents participating in th
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Appeals court upholds retired NYPD officer's 10-year prison sentence for Capitol riot attack

Appeals court upholds retired NYPD officer's 10-year prison sentence for Capitol riot attack

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a retired New York Police Department officer's conviction and 10-year prison sentence for assaulting a police officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, siege at the U.S. Capitol.
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Voter outreach groups targeted by new laws in several GOP-led states are struggling to do their work

Voter outreach groups targeted by new laws in several GOP-led states are struggling to do their work

WASHINGTON (AP) — During the presidential election four years ago, the Equal Ground Education Fund hired over 100 people to go door-to-door and attend festivals, college homecomings and other events to help register voters across Florida.
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Ottawa, Ontario reach deal on funding for housing after months-long dispute

Ottawa, Ontario reach deal on funding for housing after months-long dispute

Ontario and Ottawa say they've reached a deal under the national housing strategy that will unlock $357 million in federal funding for the province.
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Spy watchdog's foreign meddling review finds 'unacceptable gaps' in accountability

Spy watchdog's foreign meddling review finds 'unacceptable gaps' in accountability

OTTAWA — The Canadian Security Intelligence Service and Public Safety Canada lacked a system for tracking who received and read specific intelligence on foreign interference, creating "unacceptable gaps in accountability," the national spy watchdog h
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Alberta hears mixing patients at long-term care facilities leading to violence

Alberta hears mixing patients at long-term care facilities leading to violence

EDMONTON — The Alberta government is facing calls to stop admitting complex mental health patients into long-term care facilities until the risks are fully reviewed.
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Saskatchewan cabinet minister says family helped jog memory of gun in legislature

Saskatchewan cabinet minister says family helped jog memory of gun in legislature

REGINA — A Saskatchewan cabinet minister who initially told the premier he didn't bring a long gun into the legislature, only to reverse himself days later, says talks with family members helped jog his memory.
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Closing arguments, jury instructions and maybe a verdict? Major week looms in Trump hush money trial

Closing arguments, jury instructions and maybe a verdict? Major week looms in Trump hush money trial

WASHINGTON (AP) — The testimony in Donald Trump's New York hush money trial is all wrapped up after more than four weeks and nearly two dozen witnesses, meaning the case heads into the pivotal final stretch of closing arguments, jury deliberations an
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