Politics

OTTAWA — A Manitoba senator will be the third woman to sit in the Speaker's chair in the Senate, and the first to do so in 44 years.

OKOTOKS, Alta. — The United Conservative Party is demanding an apology from an NDP candidate for comments he made in a 2021 book about Alberta's energy sector.

CHARLOTTETOWN — The spring session of the Prince Edward Island legislature opened Friday with a throne speech promising "bold action" and "difficult decisions" from the re-elected Progressive Conservative government. Lt.-Gov.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A fourth person pleaded guilty Friday in an investigation of bribery at the now-defunct Michigan marijuana licensing board.

WINNIPEG — A private developer announced plans Friday to turn a struggling shopping centre in downtown Winnipeg into a large complex of health-care services, affordable housing and public green spaces, with a small number of retail stores.

CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. envoy for Sudan on Friday welcomed a deal between the country's warring generals promising safe passage to civilians fleeing the conflict and protection for humanitarian operations in the East African nation.

OTTAWA — Trade Minister Mary Ng is expected to lead a trade mission to India this fall, and says it is "not going to be years" before Canada signs some form of trade agreement, more than a decade after negotiations began.

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — This weekend’s Eurovision Song Contest is taking place in a city brimming with Ukrainian flags, Ukrainian food, Ukrainian musicians and Ukrainian fans: Liverpool.

OTTAWA — The military says it has referred 93 cases of criminal sexual offences to civilian police since December 2021, and 64 of the cases are under investigation.

HALIFAX — A firm that hoped to generate electricity from the Bay of Fundy's massive tides is instead winding up operations after a regulatory struggle with the federal Fisheries Department. Jason Hayman, chief executive of U.K.