Politics

TORONTO — Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce says the province has reached a deal with teachers in the French-language public system.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Another attempt to enshrine abortion rights in the New Hampshire Constitution failed Thursday, this time in the Senate.

OTTAWA — Government departments lacked adequate protections to fend off a "sophisticated and co-ordinated" cyberattack that compromised the sensitive information of tens of thousands of Canadians, the federal privacy watchdog has found.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin lawmakers on Thursday passed bills to regulate artificial intelligence, joining a growing number of states grappling with how to control the technology as November's elections loom.

BRUSSELS — The federal government is spending more than $273 million to acquire new military equipment for NATO's Canada-led battle group in Latvia. That includes $227.5 million for a short-range air defence system from Saab Canada Inc.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's budget surplus has risen by more than $200 million after the government collected more money than anticipated in income and sales tax and federal transfers.

VANCOUVER — A new report ahead of next week's B.C. budget is forecasting slower economic growth for the province this year.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Multimillionaire Republican businessman Eric Hovde is planning to launch a bid for U.S. Senate against Democratic incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin next week.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican proposal to legalize medical marijuana in Wisconsin is dead.

LANSING, Mich.