Politics

TRENTON, N.J.

TORONTO — Ontario's ombudsman says his office has launched an investigation into the province's direct payment programs for students and parents. Paul Dubé says there are concerns about a lack of fairness and transparency.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Ontario's education minister says he is introducing a new process for building schools that will cut timelines in half.

DENVER, Colo. (AP) — Wildlife officials plan to release gray wolves in Colorado in coming weeks, at the behest of urban voters and to the dismay of rural residents who don't want the predators but have waning influence in the Democratic-led state.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden goes into next year's election with a vexing challenge: Just as the U.S. economy is getting stronger, people are still feeling horrible about it.

OTTAWA — Canada's corporate watchdog is launching a probe against the company Guess over possible ties to Uyghur forced labour in China.

HALIFAX — As he stands near a Nova Scotia forest with soaring 150-year-old trees, Mike Lancaster sees a natural, long-term solution to the threat wildfires pose to city dwellers. The director of the St.

MONTREAL — The hamlet of Gore, Que., had the foresight to start preparing for more intense annual flooding due to climate change a decade ago.

OTTAWA — The new federal dental insurance plan will be phased in gradually over 2024, with the first claims likely to be processed in May, government officials said ahead of a formal announcement scheduled for Monday morning.

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump said Sunday he has decided against testifying for a second time at his New York civil fraud trial , posting on social media a day before his scheduled appearance that he “very successfully & conclusively” testified la