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Industry minister won't say whether new military planes will be a sole-source deal

Industry minister won't say whether new military planes will be a sole-source deal

Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne won't say whether the process to replace a fleet of aging military patrol planes will be an open-source bid, as the heads of Canada's two biggest provinces and Bombardier Inc.
Tuberville under pressure from Republicans over military holds, says he is reviewing options

Tuberville under pressure from Republicans over military holds, says he is reviewing options

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alabama Sen.
Just 10 days before another government shutdown, Congress expands to-do list with Ukraine, border

Just 10 days before another government shutdown, Congress expands to-do list with Ukraine, border

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten days before a potential government shutdown , Congress is no closer to resolving the standoff and is even complicating the issue with Republican demands for border security changes as a condition for further support for Ukraine
Oregon GOP senators who boycotted Legislature file federal lawsuit in new effort to seek reelection

Oregon GOP senators who boycotted Legislature file federal lawsuit in new effort to seek reelection

SALEM, Ore.
Leaked documents show Alberta to dismantle health provider, may sell off care homes

Leaked documents show Alberta to dismantle health provider, may sell off care homes

EDMONTON — Alberta is planning to dismantle its provincewide health provider and may sell off its publicly owned continuing-care facilities, say leaked cabinet briefing documents released by the Opposition NDP.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to share stage with former Fox host Tucker Carlson

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to share stage with former Fox host Tucker Carlson

CALGARY — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is set to share a stage in January with an American right-wing news commentator who has been accused of defending a white-supremacist theory and who spread misinformation about the war in Ukraine.
B.C. Indigenous leaders lobby for transition from open-net salmon farms

B.C. Indigenous leaders lobby for transition from open-net salmon farms

OTTAWA — Indigenous leaders from British Columbia have called on the federal government to stand by plans to transition away from open-net salmon farms, but an industry spokesman suggested the leaders were wading into political waters.
Electric-vehicle chargers distributed unequally in Canada, environment audit finds

Electric-vehicle chargers distributed unequally in Canada, environment audit finds

OTTAWA — The national infrastructure program to install electric chargers for passenger vehicles is too concentrated in a small number of provinces and has no data to show where the biggest gaps are, a new audit says.
Biden will meet with United Auto Workers president in Illinois on Thursday

Biden will meet with United Auto Workers president in Illinois on Thursday

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday will meet in Belvidere, Illinois, with the head of the United Auto Workers union, and the two leaders are expected to highlight plans to reopen an auto factory that Stellantis wanted to close.
Ukrainian children abducted by Russia appeal for Canadian MPs to help

Ukrainian children abducted by Russia appeal for Canadian MPs to help

OTTAWA — Tetiana Bodak's mind flooded with questions one year ago when she picked up the phone and learned her son had been kidnapped from their home in the Kherson region of Ukraine.
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