Politics

OTTAWA — International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan has tweeted about raising human rights concerns during his visit to Qatar for the World Cup after opposition criticism.

BERLIN (AP) — Germany and France pledged Friday to provide each other mutual support in preventing a possible energy crisis after supplies from Russia dried up amid the war in Ukraine.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador has run into more problems.

OTTAWA — The cockpit voice recording from an Air Canada plane that crashed on a Halifax runway can be disclosed to parties in a class-action lawsuit, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled.

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Civilians in mineral-rich eastern Congo edgily waited to see whether a cease-fire to end the latest round of fighting between government forces and a shadowy rebel group would come into effect as planned Friday evening.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's electrical utility has reached a proposed settlement with representatives of its customers for a rate increase of 13.8 per cent over the next two years.

OTTAWA — Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says the previously announced one million units of imported kids' pain relievers are starting to arrive on pharmacy shelves, while an additional 500,000 units have been ordered and are expected over t

OTTAWA — The federal government is extending employment insurance sickness benefits to 26 weeks, up from 15 weeks, Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough announced on Friday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden speaks about the “scourge” of gun violence , his go-to answer is to zero in on so-called assault weapons .

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — U.S. Sen.