Politics

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's Liberal opposition is sounding the alarm over shortfalls in court resources after a 38-year-old man charged with child pornography offences had his case stayed due to delays.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Sirens wailed, church bells rang and the presidents of Germany, Israel and Poland bowed their heads Wednesday before a memorial to Jewish insurgents who fought a mismatched, desperate battle against Nazi German forces in the War

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court gave itself an extra 48 hours Wednesday to resolve the country's latest abortion deadlock: whether or not women should have access to the drug mifepristone in order to end a pregnancy.

BALTIMORE (AP) — A transgender woman awaiting trial inside a Baltimore men’s jail facility was sexually assaulted at knifepoint by another prisoner, subjected to frequent ridicule and denied hormone therapy in what constituted cruel and unusual punis

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A contingent of Statehouse Republicans in Ohio pressed forward Wednesday with their plan to make it harder to amend the state's constitution , an effort aimed most immediately at thwarting an abortion rights amendment in the wor

HARRISBURG, Pa.

Ontario's legal cannabis market is poised to grow significantly larger, with the province's largest city that had banned retail pot stores voting Wednesday to opt in. Mississauga, Ont.

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — A United Conservative Party candidate in northern Alberta will no longer run in the provincial election set for this spring.

DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit-area man linked to an anti-government group and arrested just before the fall election pleaded guilty Wednesday to gun-related charges.