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AP Election Brief | What to expect in Utah's special congressional election

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in Utah’s second congressional district will cast ballots Tuesday in a Thanksgiving-week special election to fill the last remaining vacant seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Ron DeSantis picks up 10 South Carolina endorsements from former backers of Tim Scott's campaign

Ron DeSantis picks up 10 South Carolina endorsements from former backers of Tim Scott's campaign

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Ron DeSantis has picked up 10 endorsements in South Carolina from former backers of Sen.
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Ottawa commits to honouring all-Black battalion that served during First World War

Ottawa commits to honouring all-Black battalion that served during First World War

CHERRY BROOK, N.S. — The federal government announced today $2.25 million in funding to honour the legacy of No. 2 Construction Battalion, Canada’s only all-Black unit to serve during the First World War.
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Canada's Haiti envoy: 'Nothing is moving fast enough' to end country's gang crisis

Canada's Haiti envoy: 'Nothing is moving fast enough' to end country's gang crisis

OTTAWA — Canada's ambassador to Haiti says he hopes the world will move faster to help the country emerge from a prolonged period of lawlessness that has other Caribbean leaders on edge.
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'No-brainer': Alberta panel hears callers urge split from Canada Pension Plan

'No-brainer': Alberta panel hears callers urge split from Canada Pension Plan

EDMONTON — The panel hearing feedback on whether Alberta should quit the Canada Pension Plan heard multiple callers tell them Thursday it’s time to embrace a “no-brainer” provincial program.
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China's agreement expected to slow flow of fentanyl into US, but not solve overdose epidemic

China's agreement expected to slow flow of fentanyl into US, but not solve overdose epidemic

Experts say new steps China has agreed to will eventually reduce the flow of the deadly opioid fentanyl into the U.S., but that alone will not stem the overdose crisis killing Americans at a record rate.
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At sprawling San Fran APEC summit, Canada opts for more intimate, one-on-one approach

At sprawling San Fran APEC summit, Canada opts for more intimate, one-on-one approach

SAN FRANCISCO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau embraced a more intimate form of Pacific Rim diplomacy Thursday as he sat down with several world leaders on the margins of a sprawling international summit in California.
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New York judge lifts gag order that barred Donald Trump from maligning court staff in fraud trial

New York judge lifts gag order that barred Donald Trump from maligning court staff in fraud trial

NEW YORK (AP) — A gag order that barred Donald Trump from commenting about court personnel after he disparaged a law clerk in his New York civil fraud trial was temporarily lifted Thursday by an appellate judge who raised free speech concerns.
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B.C. replaces Surrey Police Board with administrator over troubled transition

B.C. replaces Surrey Police Board with administrator over troubled transition

VICTORIA — British Columbia's solicitor general has suspended the Surrey Police Board and replaced it with an administrator to perform all its duties, ousting Mayor Brenda Locke from her role in Surrey's troubled transition from the RCMP to an indepe
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Judge in court martial fines anti-vax reservist $4,000, issues severe reprimand

Judge in court martial fines anti-vax reservist $4,000, issues severe reprimand

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — A former soldier and reservist who defied the Canadian Armed Forces' COVID-19 vaccine mandate has been fined $4,000 and received a severe reprimand at the conclusion of a court martial in British Columbia.
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