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POND INLET, Nunavut - Northern premiers are calling for a national emergency response system to deal with natural disasters they fear will become more frequent. After a meeting this week in Pond Inlet...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A new Biden administration rule announced Thursday aims to speed up asylum processing at the southern border for a limited group of people believed to have committed serious crimes o...

REGINA - Saskatchewan teachers have rejected an offer from the province for a three-year contract that included wage increases and promises for more classroom funding. The Saskatchewan Teachers' Feder...

FREDERICTON - The union representing staff in New Brunswick's Tourism Department says money spent by the tourism minister and her deputy on a European trip could have helped stave off staffing cuts at...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A top former aide to U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar and a political and business consultant have agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to help the Democrat congressman from Texas launder ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The question of whether Democratic President Joe Biden will appear on Ohio's fall ballot has become entangled in a partisan legislative fight to keep foreign money out of state b...

OTTAWA - The federal government has announced $1.7 million for groups supporting gender and sexual minorities abroad, while facing criticism from activists that Ottawa is too slow to follow through wi...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Democrat Maggie Goodlander, a former senior White House aide with deep political connections, announced on Thursday that she's running for Congress in her home state of New Hampsh...

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Supreme Court has rejected lawsuits by mink farmers challenging a provincial shutdown of the industry over COVID-19 concerns. A ruling by Justice Amy Francis says "hig...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The 2024 regular session of the South Carolina General Assembly ended Thursday and will perhaps be better remembered for the things that didn't pass. South Carolina remains one o...