Politics

OTTAWA — The RCMP is looking at easing a policy that requires front-line officers and many other employees to refrain from recreational cannabis use for four weeks before duty.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A timeline of events that led to the impeachment trial of three-term Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton in the state Senate. The trial started Tuesday.

NEW YORK (AP) — The end of Labor Day weekend would typically mark the start of a furious sprint to the Iowa caucuses as candidates battle for their party’s presidential nomination.

NEW YORK (AP) — The end of Labor Day weekend would typically mark the start of a furious sprint to the Iowa caucuses as candidates battle for their party's presidential nomination.

STANDOFF, ALBERTA — Plywood covers the doors and windows of several homes on the Blood Reserve, a vivid image of the southern Alberta First Nation's life-and-death battle with drug traffickers.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton faces an impeachment trial in the state Senate starting Tuesday on articles overwhelmingly approved by the House of Representatives.

TORONTO — Embattled Ontario Housing Minister Steve Clark stepped down from his cabinet role on Monday following weeks of criticism over his handling of efforts to remove land from the province's protected Greenbelt.

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford shuffled his cabinet on Monday, hours after his embattled housing minister stepped down from his post.

TORONTO — A second provincial premier is making a direct appeal to the Bank of Canada to stop raising interest rates.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson is expected to call an election Tuesday in a bid for a third consecutive Progressive Conservative majority. Opinion polls suggest it will be an uphill battle.