Politics

OTTAWA — Canada's top military officer says it would have been "preferable" for a Canadian fighter jet to shoot down a suspected balloon over Yukon last month – but they were delayed by freezing rain.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Handed some 41,000 hours of Jan.

MONTREAL — The Canada Border Services Agency says it helped put two Montreal-based companies with alleged ties to the Russian military on a United States sanctions list. Late last month, the U.S.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island is a small province with limited resources, so it needs to innovate as it competes with other jurisdictions to attract health-care professionals, Progressive Conservative Leader Dennis King said Tuesday.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An initiative that would shore up abortion access in New Mexico amid a flurry of local anti-abortion ordinances cleared a last major hurdle on Tuesday with state Senate approval.

WASHINGTON — Canada and the United States both support a holistic, long-term approach to their shared immigration challenges, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said Tuesday after a meeting in the U.S.

OTTAWA — A House of Commons committee studying Liberal efforts to outlaw assault-style firearms is hearing criticism, as well as some measured support, from Indigenous leaders.

GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. — A municipality in northwestern Alberta decided Tuesday to replace the RCMP with its own police force after city council voted almost unanimously in favour of the move.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is considering detaining migrant families who cross into the U.S. illegally as it prepares to end COVID-19 restrictions at the U.S.-Mexico border, according to U.S. officials familiar with the plans.

TORONTO — Ontario took another step toward renovations of the legislature Tuesday, proposing to create a new ministry to oversee them.