Politics

TORONTO — David Onley, who emerged as a champion of disability rights both during and after his stint as Ontario's 28th lieutenant-governor, has died. He was 72. Word of his death came in a Saturday evening statement from Lt.-Gov.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's restrictive new election law significantly shortens the window for mailed ballots to be received — despite no evidence that the extended timeline has led to fraud or any other problems — and that change is angering active

TORONTO — Kelly Fairchild will be paying more to take public transit this year – money she says will come directly out of her food budget. "Food and groceries are going up and if they keep increasing transit ...

MADRID (AP) — Several thousand health workers returned to the streets of Spain’s capital Sunday to protest what they claim is the dismantling of Madrid's public health care system by its conservative regional government.

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia woman who describes herself as "land-rich but cash-poor" has a unique offer for housing developers: take her waterfront property and build affordable housing — including a unit for her.

BEIJING (AP) — The World Health Organization has appealed to China to keep releasing information about its wave of COVID-19 infections after the government announced nearly 60,000 deaths since early December following weeks of complaints it was faili

EDMONTON — A government backbencher in Alberta has announced he won't seek another term when voters go to the polls in a provincewide election in May.

WHITEHORSE — Yukon's newest premier promised to stay the course on Liberal government policies on Saturday as he formally took the reins of both his party and territory.

CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldovan authorities said Saturday that the remains of a rocket “originating from Russia’s air attacks on Ukraine” was found by border officials in a northern village near the country's border with war-torn Ukraine.

LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Saturday promised to provide tanks and artillery systems to Ukraine, amid renewed missile attacks by Moscow targeting multiple Ukrainian cities for the first time in nearly two weeks.