Politics

TORONTO — Roy McMurtry, a legal and political giant in Ontario who helped pave the way for same-sex marriage as a judge and a key player in the Canadian Constitution, has died at 91.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's auditor general has released audits on two key government programs aimed at curbing the death toll from the toxic-drug crisis.

Quebec has become the last province to reach an agreement in principle with the federal government on health-care funding. Under the proposed deal, the province would receive an additional $900 million a year over 10 years for health care.

OTTAWA — The Senate has passed a bill to implement Canada's updated free trade agreement with Ukraine, paving the way for it to become law.

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware's Republican presidential primary is over before it even began.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump urged the U.S.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Rachael Lang and her husband share the same last name as their biological daughter, but are not listed on her birth certificate.

MONTREAL — Risk assessments should be mandatory before Quebec's mental health review board decides whether a patient is released into society, a criminologist told a coroner's inquest on Tuesday.

OTTAWA — Quebec Liberal MP Anthony Housefather said Tuesday he is "reflecting" on his future in the Liberal party after a heavily amended NDP motion on Palestinian statehood passed in the House of Commons on Monday.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government plans to establish an advocate office for seniors to examine health care, social services and other programs that affect older generations.