Politics

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The first U.N. independent investigator to visit the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay said Monday the 30 men held there are subject “to ongoing cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment under international law.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It was never about making history for Deb Haaland, but rather making her parents proud.

TORONTO — As Olivia Chow celebrated her election as Toronto's next mayor on Monday, she reflected on how her life in the city began as a young immigrant in a family supported by one modest income – her mother's job as a hotel maid.

TORONTO — Olivia Chow, a former NDP parliamentarian and longtime standard bearer for the progressive left, was elected mayor of Toronto on Monday, promising to bring change to a city grappling with housing unaffordability, public safety concerns and

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A new California law aimed in part at boosting salaries for fast food workers has been delayed for nearly two years following industry resistance.

REYKJAVIK, ICELAND — Canada is monitoring the situation in Russia after a short-lived armed rebellion by a mercenary leader this weekend, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday, adding a cautious approach is needed to avoid fuelling Russian propag

NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Ravitch, a former lieutenant governor and longtime civic leader known for his role in steering New York City through the fiscal crisis of the 1970s and stabilizing its mass transit system in the 1980s, has died. He was 89.

Vancouver's development permit board has approved a controversial nine-storey residential tower in the heart of Chinatown that supporters hope will reinvigorate the neighbourhood but which critics see as a symbol of gentrification that fails to refle

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's Ministry of Education went ahead with plans to do away with letter grades from kindergarten to Grade 9 despite its own public consultation showing the majority of teachers, students and parents didn't like the idea.

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