Politics

OTTAWA — Canada hasn't made a final decision on whether to resume funding to a United Nations aid organization in the Gaza Strip when its next scheduled payment is due in April.

MONTREAL — Two Montreal-area Chinese groups and their director have filed a lawsuit alleging the RCMP defamed them when officers said they were investigating clandestine Chinese government "police stations"operating out of their premises.

EDMONTON — An Alberta First Nation has filed a sweeping lawsuit against the province's energy regulator and the government over releases from an oilsands mine, alleging the agency acted in bad faith and is set up in a way that violates the Constituti

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police are undergoing fresh training on handling large-scale protests and First Amendment rights ahead of anticipated demonstrations during the Democratic National Convention this summer, Superintendent Larry Snelling said Wedn

ATLANTA (AP) — The lawyer who initiated the effort to remove Fani Willis from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump walked state lawmakers through her investigation into the Fulton County district attorney's romantic relationshi

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Republican power struggle in Texas that could push the state even further right come November isn't cooling down.

OTTAWA — Government officials say online hate speech would have to portray a group as "inherently violent" or "unhuman" to meet the threshold for investigation by a human-rights tribunal under a newly proposed law.

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago voters will get the chance this month to decide on a ballot measure that would levy a one-time tax hike on luxury properties to pay for services for homeless people, a panel of appeals court judges ruled Wednesday.

HALIFAX — A Liberal member of the Nova Scotia legislature is making a determined plea to the provincial government to provide supplementary breast cancer screening for women with dense breasts.

OTTAWA — The federal government is open to possible changes to the Emergencies Act but says it first wants to consult widely on the law it invoked to quell "Freedom Convoy" protests two years ago.