Politics

OTTAWA — In a story published on Monday, July 24, The Canadian Press erroneously reported that Pat King's lawyer is named Natasha Calvino. In fact, her last name is spelled Calvinho. The Canadian Press

WASHINGTON — Canada is urging the United States to make a good-faith effort at negotiating an end to the interminable bilateral dispute over softwood lumber. International Trade Minister Mary Ng is making the overture after a fresh U.S.

VANCOUVER — Pat Carney is being remembered as a problem-solver, a groundbreaker, a feminist, a mentor and a friend. The former member of Parliament, senator and trailblazer died late Tuesday at the age of 88.

MONTREAL — Repairs to the roof of Montreal's problem-plagued Olympic Stadium have become significantly more complicated.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The independent manager working to fix the long-troubled water system in Mississippi's capital city will also be assigned to oversee repairs to the city’s deteriorating sewer system, under an order filed Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The unraveling of Hunter Biden's plea agreement has thrust his criminal case into uncertain waters and given new fodder to Republican critics in Congress as they push ahead with investigations into the president's youngest son.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The state of Alaska wants the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a federal agency's rejection of a proposed copper and gold mine in southwest Alaska's Bristol Bay region. The U.S.

FREDERICTON — The torrential rain that washed out roads, bridges and a key rail link in Nova Scotia on the weekend is is being described as another sign that engineers cannot rely on past weather patterns to design infrastructure able to withstand ri

WASHINGTON — A Republican senator welcomed Canada's new defence minister to the portfolio Wednesday with a pointed critique of what he called a "feeble commitment" to defence spending by America's northern neighbour. Sen.

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s prime minister said Thursday that police have received several permit applications for the burning of religious texts in the country next week, and that he fears this may escalate tensions further with the Muslim world.