Politics

OTTAWA — The next leader of the Assembly of First Nations will be tasked with unifying hundreds of chiefs at a time when reconciliation appears to be less of a priority in Canada, said an Indigenous policy expert.

HALIFAX — A half-billion-dollar deficit forecast in last year’s Nova Scotia budget turned into a $115.7-million surplus, as the province closed the books on the previous fiscal year that ended March 31. The surplus figure is $621.

SURREY, B.C. — A long-awaited and often promised second hospital for the City of Surrey took a step closer toward reality Tuesday with Premier David Eby announcing the completion of construction of the new facility by 2029.

OTTAWA — Canada's senior public health officials are urging Canadians to get an updated COVID-19 vaccine this fall after the first shot targeting the latest variants was authorized for use on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he is launching an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden , yielding to mounting pressure from former President Donald Trump and his allies in what's shaping up as an election-year clash be

DENVER (AP) — Former Colorado first lady Bea Romer, who helped establish public funding for preschool to help the state's neediest children in the 1980s, has died. She was 93. Romer, the wife of former Democratic Gov.

WASHINGTON — The Conservative MP at the centre of Canada's foreign interference saga told his story Tuesday on Capitol Hill to attentive U.S. lawmakers bent on confronting China's efforts to test the boundaries of Western democracy.

Quebec's education minister says it's out of the question to have mixed-gender bathrooms in the province's schools.

WINNIPEG — Former Manitoba Premier Gary Doer resurfaced on the province's political scene Tuesday to support current NDP Leader Wab Kinew on the campaign trail for the Oct. 3 provincial election.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A second Republican with little name recognition is entering the U.S. Senate race to take on Democratic U.S. Sen.