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Ontario First Nation leaders call for disbandment of Thunder Bay police

Ontario First Nation leaders call for disbandment of Thunder Bay police

TORONTO — First Nation leaders have renewed calls to dissolve the Thunder Bay police service as the former chief of the northern Ontario force faces criminal charges in a widening misconduct probe.
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Without cameras to go live, the Trump trial is proving the potency of live blogs as news tools

Without cameras to go live, the Trump trial is proving the potency of live blogs as news tools

NEW YORK (AP) — They watched from the courtroom or via closed-circuit television in an overflow room — roughly 140 reporters, most with laptops or other silenced electronic devices, serving up news at its most elemental and in rapid-fire fashion.
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Advocacy group calls on Vancouver to 'embrace' cannabis tourism after 4-20 'debacle'

Advocacy group calls on Vancouver to 'embrace' cannabis tourism after 4-20 'debacle'

VANCOUVER — The head of a B.C. cannabis growers group says the City of Vancouver's choice to discourage instead of sanction a marijuana celebration over the weekend was a costly "missed opportunity.
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First responders to get mental health counselling, Manitoba government says

First responders to get mental health counselling, Manitoba government says

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is funding mental health support for first responders, following the recent death of a Winnipeg firefighter.
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Wrong body returned from Cuba to Quebec family after father dies on vacation

Wrong body returned from Cuba to Quebec family after father dies on vacation

MONTREAL — A Montreal-area woman is asking Canadian authorities to help locate her father's body in Cuba after a devastating mix-up that saw her family receive a stranger's remains instead.
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Former N.S. justice minister says he resigned to maintain confidence in government

Former N.S. justice minister says he resigned to maintain confidence in government

HALIFAX — The man who formerly served as Nova Scotia’s justice minister says he regrets downplaying domestic violence and that he had no choice but to step down after losing the public's confidence.
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The Latest | Lawyers in Trump hush money case paint competing portraits of him in opening statements

The Latest | Lawyers in Trump hush money case paint competing portraits of him in opening statements

NEW YORK (AP) — In opening statements in Donald Trump's historic hush money trial, prosecutors said Monday that the former president “orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt” the 2016 presidential election.
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Supreme Court will decide whether Trump is immune from federal prosecution. Here's what's next

Supreme Court will decide whether Trump is immune from federal prosecution. Here's what's next

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments this week with profound legal and political consequences: whether former President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in a federal case charging him with plotting to overturn the results o
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Honda to build electric vehicles and battery plant in Ontario, sources say

Honda to build electric vehicles and battery plant in Ontario, sources say

TORONTO — Honda Canada is set to build an electric vehicle battery plant near its auto manufacturing facility in Alliston, Ont., where it also plans to produce fully electric vehicles, The Canadian Press has learned.
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Trump's $175 million bond in New York civil fraud judgment case is settled with cash promise

Trump's $175 million bond in New York civil fraud judgment case is settled with cash promise

NEW YORK (AP) — New York state lawyers and an attorney for former President Donald Trump settled their differences Monday over a $175 million bond that Trump posted to block a large civil fraud judgment while he pursues appeals.
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