Politics

WASHINGTON — Canada and the U.S. say they hope to reach a tentative deal by summer to "reduce and mitigate" the impact of toxic mining runoff in B.C. and the Pacific Northwest that has been leaching for years into a vital cross-border watershed.

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday that the U.S. would respond “forcefully” to protect its personnel after U.S.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A death row minister who was inside the execution chamber during Oklahoma's last lethal injection sued the Department of Corrections for $10 million on Friday, alleging the agency and its spokesman defamed him in a statement to t

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Friday he asked President Joe Biden to remove the U.S. government's requirement that Canadians be vaccinated for COVID-19 before crossing the border.

A student group at a university in the Texas Panhandle said in a federal lawsuit filed Friday that the school's president violated their constitutional right to free speech when he canceled their planned drag show.

Merrilee Fullerton, a longtime cabinet minister in Doug Ford's government, unexpectedly resigned Friday, forcing the premier to name a new minister to the children, community and social services post.

OTTAWA — The federal government has committed $420 million in funding over 10 years to preserve and restore waters of the Great Lakes.

ST. PAUL, ALBERTA — The Alberta Sheriffs Branch will have expanded powers and play a bigger role in combating rural crime with new funding, the provincial government said Friday. Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis said $27.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government announced plans Friday to build nine new schools under a public-private partnership model, five years after abandoning a similar proposal.

MONTREAL — Short-term rental company Airbnb said Friday it would pull listings in Quebec that don't have a permit from the provincial government, eight days after a fatal fire destroyed a historic Old Montreal building that housed illegal rentals.