Politics

QUÉBEC — Quebec legislature member Youri Chassin announced Thursday he's leaving the Coalition Avenir Québec to sit as an Independent, becoming the second member of government to quit in a little more than one week.

LANSING, Mich.

EDMONTON — An Alberta First Nation has revived a lawsuit it launched 10 years ago in an effort to get the federal government to recognize its human right to clean, safe water.

OTTAWA — Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner says her party will introduce a bill in the House of Commons next week to protect people from online harassment.

Georgia Democratic Sen. Kim Jackson has two boys — a 3-year-old and a 4-month old.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Package delivery company DHL is suing MyPillow, alleging the company synonymous with its founder, chief pitchman and election denier Mike Lindell owes nearly $800,000 for unpaid bills.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A state judge struck down North Dakota's ban on abortion Thursday, saying that the state constitution creates a fundamental right to access abortion before a fetus is viable.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Young women are more liberal than they have been in decades, according to a Gallup analysis of more than 20 years of polling data.

WINNIPEG — Grand Chief Cathy Merrick was remembered Wednesday as a leader who combined strength with compassion and who never stopped fighting to better people's lives.

TORONTO — More workers at the Ontario Science Centre are set to lose their jobs as the abruptly shuttered east-Toronto attraction contemplates a move to a temporary home, potentially in a neighbouring city.