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Mi’kmaq death: First Nation wants Indigenous representation on N.B. police watchdog

Mi’kmaq death: First Nation wants Indigenous representation on N.B. police watchdog

FREDERICTON — Interactions between Indigenous people and law enforcement "too frequently" end in violence or death, say the six chiefs of the Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick in reaction to the recent killing of a Mi’kmaq man by a Mountie conductin
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Sen. Bernie Sanders said he is set to pursue contempt charges against Steward CEO

Sen. Bernie Sanders said he is set to pursue contempt charges against Steward CEO

BOSTON (AP) — Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders said Wednesday he is prepared to pursue contempt charges against Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre if he fails to show up at a hearing Thursday despite being issued a subpoena.
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Nova Scotia's ambulance service says response times improving in 2024

Nova Scotia's ambulance service says response times improving in 2024

HALIFAX — Emergency response times across Nova Scotia, which had risen steadily in recent years, are improving, says the head of the province’s ambulance service.
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Indiana judge rules against abortion providers fighting near-total ban

Indiana judge rules against abortion providers fighting near-total ban

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana county judge ruled Wednesday against abortion providers who are seeking to broaden access to the procedure under the near-total ban state lawmakers passed after the U.S. Supreme Court ended federal protections in 2022.
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More women had their tubes tied after Roe v. Wade was overturned

More women had their tubes tied after Roe v. Wade was overturned

More women chose to have their tubes tied after Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, a new study shows, and the biggest increases were in states that ban abortion .
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Saskatoon teacher who helped student lit on fire out of hospital

Saskatoon teacher who helped student lit on fire out of hospital

SASKATOON, Sask. — A Saskatoon teacher who helped a 15-year-old student after she was lit on fire by a classmate last week has been released from hospital.
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Ontario autism services enrolments decline in some weeks despite large waitlist: docs

Ontario autism services enrolments decline in some weeks despite large waitlist: docs

TORONTO — Ontario's progress in giving children with autism access to government-funded core therapy has slowed so significantly that at times the number of kids enrolled is actually declining, despite a ballooning wait-list, according to documents o
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Gunmen kill a polio worker and a policeman during a vaccination campaign in Pakistan

Gunmen kill a polio worker and a policeman during a vaccination campaign in Pakistan

KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen on motorcycles opened fire Wednesday on police escorting a team of polio workers during a door-to-door vaccination campaign in northwestern Pakistan, killing an officer and a polio worker, police said.
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Gunmen on motorcycles kill a Pakistani policeman and a polio worker during a vaccination campaign

Gunmen on motorcycles kill a Pakistani policeman and a polio worker during a vaccination campaign

KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen on motorcycles opened fire Wednesday on police escorting a team of polio workers during a door-to-door vaccination campaign in northwestern Pakistan, killing an officer and a polio worker, police said.
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Kamala Harris gives abortion rights advocates the debate answer they've longed for in Philadelphia

Kamala Harris gives abortion rights advocates the debate answer they've longed for in Philadelphia

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden gave bumbling remarks about abortion on the debate stage this summer, it was widely viewed as a missed opportunity — a failure, even — on a powerful and motivating issue for Democrats at the ballot box.
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