Politics

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia legislature wrapped up a spring sitting Friday that saw the Progressive Conservative government present a budget and pass just two bills. Since the sitting began on Feb.

OTTAWA — The mother of a Canadian Army veteran killed during an attack on humanitarian workers in the Gaza Strip this week is rejecting Israel's explanation for what happened.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government has introduced two bills aimed at cracking down on drug trafficking and organized crime.

Ontario will provide two years of free bereavement counselling to families of first responders who have died in the line of duty and those who died by suicide.

MONTREAL — A judge has rejected former premier Jean Charest's $700,000 claim against the Quebec government for abuse of process in connection with a corruption investigation that targeted him and his party.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Health Minister Bruce Fitch says he won't run in the upcoming provincial election.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will detail her rapid ascent in Democratic politics in a book out this summer, a move that will undoubtedly spark fresh speculation about her potential presidential ambitions.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Like many Americans, Richard Bidon says he'd like to see the U.S.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A bipartisan group of rank-and-file lawmakers in Kansas scuttled a plan for cutting taxes Thursday, with Republicans defying GOP leaders and Democrats ignoring a personal appeal from the state's Democratic governor.

OTTAWA — Attacks on aid workers are not something that just happens in war, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday, slamming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's defence of a deadly airstrike in central Gaza on April 1.