Politics

OTTAWA — The new year brought no fresh start for Ottawa's ill-fated light rail train system, after concrete debris found on the tracks of an LRT station tunnel forced a partial shutdown of the system.

A congressman and a senator's son jumped into the race Tuesday for the Utah U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Mitt Romney. Republican U.S. Rep. John Curtis announced his campaign to a TV station after saying last fall he had decided not to run.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday appealed a ruling by Maine’s secretary of state barring him from the state's primary ballot over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

OTTAWA — The Canadian Chamber of Commerce is calling on Ottawa to conduct a charm offensive to defend Canada's trade interests in the U.S. ahead of November's presidential election.

MADISON, Wis.

VANCOUVER — A recent court injunction against a law to restrict public drug use in British Columbia denies police a much-anticipated enforcement tool, says a top law enforcement official. Officers are disappointed with the B.C.

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The rapid turnover among election officials in Nevada continued on Tuesday, when the top election official in Nevada’s lone swing county abruptly announced her resignation less than a month before early voting commences for the Feb.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A liberal activist asked a Pennsylvania court on Tuesday to bar U.S. Rep.

RALEIGH, N.C.

VANCOUVER — The latest housing assessment figures in British Columbia show residential property markets softening across the province, but analysts say it may not bode well for affordability in the coming year.