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Federal judge blocks Arizona law banning transgender athletes from girls' sports teams

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked Arizona from enforcing a law banning transgender girls from playing on girls' school sports teams.
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Winnipeg mayor is supportive of landfill search for remains, Indigenous leaders say

Winnipeg mayor is supportive of landfill search for remains, Indigenous leaders say

WINNIPEG — Mayor Scott Gillingham offered support for a landfill search for human remains, some Indigenous leaders said after a one-hour meeting with him Thursday, adding the Manitoba government remains an obstacle.
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Alberta premier worries health system losing focus given diffuse roles, priorities

Alberta premier worries health system losing focus given diffuse roles, priorities

EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith says she's concerned Alberta’s health-care delivery agency is being pulled in too many directions.
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Senate committee approves legislation to impose stronger ethics standards on Supreme Court justices

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court would have to abide by stronger ethics standards under legislation approved on Thursday by the Senate Judiciary Committee, a response to recent revelations about donor-funded trips by justices.
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Election-year review of disaster relief funds draws rebuke from Kentucky governor

Election-year review of disaster relief funds draws rebuke from Kentucky governor

FRANKF ORT, Ky.
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Bernardo to stay in medium-security prison as correctional service defends transfer

Bernardo to stay in medium-security prison as correctional service defends transfer

OTTAWA — The decision to transfer serial killer and rapist Paul Bernardo to a medium-security prison was sound, the Correctional Service of Canada announced Thursday, with its commissioner underlining his new lodgings do not make him any less of a "p
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Ontario hospital nurses awarded average raises of 11% over two years, union says

Ontario hospital nurses awarded average raises of 11% over two years, union says

TORONTO — Ontario hospital nurses will be getting raises of what their union says amounts to an average of 11 per cent over two years, with the arbitrator citing a staffing crisis and high inflation.
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President Biden visits Philly shipyard as he courts organized labor and pushes green jobs

President Biden visits Philly shipyard as he courts organized labor and pushes green jobs

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Flanked by cranes and shipyard workers, President Joe Biden made the pitch Thursday that unions will be building America's renewable energy future — a courtship of organized labor at a moment when some major unions are weighing st
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Ottawa's new round of sanctions on Russians includes celebrities, Wagner Group heads

Ottawa's new round of sanctions on Russians includes celebrities, Wagner Group heads

OTTAWA — Canada is sanctioning more Russians whom Ottawa accuses of supporting Moscow's invasion of Ukraine and mercenary violence in Africa. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly has announced new sanctions against 38 individuals and 25 entities.
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P.E.I. minister allegedly shoved at meeting on proposed supervised consumption site

P.E.I. minister allegedly shoved at meeting on proposed supervised consumption site

Charlottetown police say they are investigating after a Prince Edward Island minister was allegedly shoved during a town hall meeting about a proposed supervised consumption site.
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