Politics

OTTAWA — Global Affairs Canada believes Conservative MP Michael Chong has been the victim of a foreign smear campaign, which the department suspects was conducted by Beijing.

Alberta's decision to pause approvals of new renewable energy projects is putting the lives of thousands of workers on hold, an industry group says.

HALIFAX — A Progressive Conservative byelection win in a longtime Liberal stronghold is a sign of approval for the government’s record in bolstering health care, Nova Scotia’s premier said Wednesday.

WINNIPEG — The leader of Manitoba's Opposition NDP is promising to move forward on a search of a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two First Nations women if the party forms government after the provincial election in the fall.

NEW YORK (AP) — Hip-hop was born in the break — that moment when a song’s vocals dropped, instruments quieted down and the beat took the stage. At the hands of the DJs, that break moment became more: a composition in itself.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein , the oldest member of Congress, fell in her home and went to a hospital for a short time, her office said on Wednesday.

MONTREAL — The Quebec health-care system's reliance on fax machines, handwritten notes and paper files is standing in the way of the province fully harnessing artificial intelligence, according to a recent report.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday suspended the top prosecutor in Orlando, again wielding his executive power over local government in taking on a contentious issue in the 2024 presidential race .

Voters in Ohio and judges across the U.S. are weighing in on the future of abortion access in several states more than a year after the nation's top court overturned Roe v. Wade and the right to an abortion, setting off a series of policy shifts.

QUEBEC — A Christian group announced Wednesday it is suing the Quebec government after the tourism minister cancelled a religious gathering last June at a publicly owned convention centre because she assumed the event would promote anti-abortion view