Politics

QUEBEC CITY — The Quebec government tabled a bill on Thursday that aims to give victims a simpler and faster way to stop intimate photos and videos of them from being shared without their consent.

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a challenge from the Quebec government to a lower court ruling granting asylum seekers access to subsidized daycare spaces.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler said he was sorry Thursday after the New York Times obtained photos of him wearing blackface about two decades ago at a college Halloween costume party where he dressed as Michael Jackson.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's Liberals say that if their party is elected, teachers will no longer need parental consent before they can use the preferred first names and pronouns of transgender students under 16.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith has provided a road map for how prosecutors hope to prove their case charging former President Donald Trump with an illegal scheme to overturn his 2020 election loss — if it ever gets to trial.

EDMONTON — Alberta's nurses could soon find themselves on the picket line as recent talks with the province foundered over disagreements around pay and staffing.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin election clerks referred 30 instances of suspected fraud and voting irregularities to prosecutors over the last year, according to a new report.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin election clerks referred 30 instances of suspected fraud and voting irregularities to prosecutors over the last year, according to a new report.

TORONTO — Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney is publishing his prescription for "a path forward" as Canada faces an "increasingly divided and dangerous" world.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene has brought climate change to the forefront of the presidential campaign after the issue lingered on the margins for months.