Beyond Local

OTTAWA — The House of Commons unanimously backed a motion Tuesday declaring the deaths and disappearances of Indigenous women and girls a Canada-wide emergency — and calling for funding for a new system to alert the public when someone goes missing.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Rep. Zooey Zephyr, the transgender state lawmaker silenced after telling Republicans they would have blood on their hands for opposing gender-affirming health care for kids, was barred from returning to the Montana House floor in a Tuesday court ruling that came just hours before the Legislature wrapped up its biennial session.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief warned on the eve of World Press Freedom Day that the media is under attack in every corner of the world and urged all nations to stop the targeting of truth and those who report it.

EDMONTON — A 20-year-old man is facing charges after two stabbings near the Edmonton Oilers arena during an NHL playoff game on the weekend.

EDMONTON — The United Conservative Party says the NDP's plan to mandate a net-zero electricity grid by 2035 would cost at least $87 billion.

The Edmonton Oilers are pumped to get their second-round series rolling tonight in Las Vegas, where the oddsmakers favour them to win the West.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Efforts Tuesday by Republican state lawmakers moving to ask Ohio voters this August to raise the threshold for passing future constitutional amendments — with the idea of thwarting a November abortion rights question — were again plagued by delays.

NEW YORK (AP) — A woman testified Tuesday that Donald Trump molested her with what seemed like “40 zillion hands" on an airline flight in the late 1970s — years before writer E. Jean Carroll says the former president sexually assaulted her at a Manhattan department store.

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Taiwan intends to fight for itself in any armed conflict with China and is unclear as to what countries might stand beside it, the self-governing island's foreign minister said.

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canadians evacuated from Sudan told her they "went through hell," and she says Ottawa will do everything possible to help the country find peace.