COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Vice President JD Vance ‘s decision to extend his fight against Medicaid fraud beyond Democratic states to his red home state of Ohio has set off a scramble among the state’s Republicans — including his close ally Vivek Ramaswamy, the party’s nominee for governor. A day before Ramaswamy won the state’s […]

When Belfountain resident Ann Seymour was a child, her “lovely parents” would pile the entire family in the car for weekend adventures along the green canopies of Niagara Escarpment following a giddy anticipation that lingered all week long. It was a time for the family to be one, happy and carefree. Their favourite destination?  The […]

The federal government is advising Canadians not to travel to the province hit by a rare type of Ebola that has no cure in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as public health officials re-evaluate what risk the virus might pose during the FIFA World Cup. The World Health Organization’s director-general said Tuesday he is concerned […]

Michigan towns, cities, townships and counties have $176 million sitting in bank accounts meant to fight the state’s opioid crisis. The state’s first official accounting of spending by local governments of opioid settlement funds, produced by the Michigan Attorney General’s Office, found that 17.7% of funds received since checks began arriving three years ago had […]

An Uber driver is seen after the company launched service, in Vancouver, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck  Halifax Mayor Andy Fillmore met with an Uber lobbyist a day before the mayor persuaded council to delay a vote on a proposal to increase oversight of ride-hailing drivers, newly released documents show. The documents […]

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — In a steel-mesh pen at a compound in eastern Romania, a dog licks icy water from a metal drinking bucket while another chews listlessly on dried feces scattered on the hard ground. The scenes, captured on video, are among the findings from an undercover investigation into conditions in Romania’s publicly funded […]

Hydro-Québec fought to hide decades-old correspondence about a proposed aluminum smelter, saying its details could derail ongoing energy negotiations with Newfoundland and Labrador. The provincially owned utility made these arguments with Quebec’s access to information commission in 2024, as it waged and lost a battle with a university professor to keep the records from the […]

Newfoundland and Labrador is continuing on its path of extractivism without any evidence it will be able to meet its climate targets. But  the province’s finance minister isn’t worried and says his government  “can do both at the same time” — working toward a just transition while  expanding fossil fuel production. “Our entire belief has […]

HILLSBURGH ― The restoration of a former sand and gravel pit on Sideroad 27 in Hillsburgh continues to divide council and residents.  Delegating to Erin council on behalf of the Concerned Citizens of Erin (CCE) Thursday afternoon, Hillsburgh resident Brittney Pakkala asked councillors to reconsider their approval of a multi-year gravel pit restoration project proposed […]

A man convicted of sexual assault in 2024 lost his constitutional challenge against a judge’s order requiring him to register as a sex offender and report his whereabouts to police for life. A jury found Wayne Michael James Dick guilty, and BC Supreme Court Justice Andrew Majawa sentenced him last July to three and a […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Kash Patel visited Hawaii last summer, the FBI took pains to note the director was not on vacation, highlighting his walking tour of the bureau’s Honolulu field office and meetings with local law enforcement. Left out of the FBI’s news releases was an exclusive excursion that Patel took days later when […]

Ontario will expand its vastly overcrowded jails by 2,500 beds over the next 10 years at a cost of $3 billion to the taxpayers, the province’s solicitor general said Thursday. Michael Kerzner said the province will build new jails, expand current ones and reopen a few that have closed in Walkerton, Ont., and Brampton, Ont. […]