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Ontario adds $20.5M in funding to fight wildfires, including for training and drones

Ontario adds $20.5M in funding to fight wildfires, including for training and drones

TIMMINS, Ont. — Ontario's natural resources and forestry minister says the government will spend an additional $20.5 million over three years to help fight wildfires. Graydon Smith, making an announcement in Timmins, Ont.
'What about Gaza': Canadian woman stuck in Gaza fears death, pleads for Ottawa's help

'What about Gaza': Canadian woman stuck in Gaza fears death, pleads for Ottawa's help

MISSISSAUGA — A Canadian woman trapped in Gaza says she is afraid she could die at any moment as Israeli warplanes drop bombs around her in the sealed-off Palestinian territory, and she's pleading for Ottawa's help.
25 years after Matthew Shepard's death, LGBTQ+ activists say equal-rights progress is at risk

25 years after Matthew Shepard's death, LGBTQ+ activists say equal-rights progress is at risk

It's been 25 years since Matthew Shepard , a gay 21-year-old University of Wyoming student, died six days after he was savagely beaten by two young men and tied to a remote fence to meet his fate.
Joan Marie Aylward appointed Newfoundland and Labrador's new lieutenant-governor

Joan Marie Aylward appointed Newfoundland and Labrador's new lieutenant-governor

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the appointment of a new lieutenant-governor to serve Newfoundland and Labrador.
Toronto to hike vacant home tax to 3 per cent, pledging millions to housing program

Toronto to hike vacant home tax to 3 per cent, pledging millions to housing program

Toronto city councillors have voted to hike the city's vacant home tax. Council voted 21-2 in favour of the move to increase the tax from one per cent to three per cent of a vacant home's assessed value starting in the 2024 tax year.
More Canadians support using notwithstanding clause in 'parental rights' debate: poll

More Canadians support using notwithstanding clause in 'parental rights' debate: poll

OTTAWA — Nearly half of Canadians say they support their province using the notwithstanding clause to ensure that schools tell parents if their child wishes to use a different name or pronoun, a new poll suggests, and more people support that idea th
Donald Trump attacks President Biden on foreign policy as Israel-Hamas war rages

Donald Trump attacks President Biden on foreign policy as Israel-Hamas war rages

MIAMI (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his record governing the nation for four years without any new wars, and criticized President Joe Biden’s foreign policy as the world watches a war that has already claimed 2,300 lives
Federal judge won't block suspension of right to carry guns in some New Mexico parks, playgrounds

Federal judge won't block suspension of right to carry guns in some New Mexico parks, playgrounds

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge cleared the way Wednesday for enforcement of a public health order that suspends the right to carry guns at public parks and playgrounds in New Mexico's largest metro area. The order from U.S.
Newsom signs laws to fast-track housing on churches’ lands, streamline housing permitting process

Newsom signs laws to fast-track housing on churches’ lands, streamline housing permitting process

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Religious institutions and nonprofit colleges in California will be allowed to turn their parking lots and other properties into low-income housing under a new law aimed at combating the ongoing homeless crisis .
To run or not to run? New California senator faces tough decision on whether to enter 2024 campaign

To run or not to run? New California senator faces tough decision on whether to enter 2024 campaign

LOS ANGELES (AP) — To run or not to run? The crowded, wide-open race to succeed the late U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein in California has hit a suspenseful turn as candidates wait for newly appointed Sen.