Politics

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler said he was sorry Thursday after the New York Times obtained photos of him wearing blackface about two decades ago at a college Halloween costume party where he dressed as Michael Jackson.

OTTAWA — The RCMP is working to address the concerns of diaspora community members who say police often neglect to follow up with them about complaints of foreign interference, senior Mounties told a public inquiry Thursday.

REGINA — Hundreds of Saskatchewan nurses stood at the steps of the legislature on the third day of the election campaign demanding the next government follow through and fix staffing problems in health care.

QUEBEC CITY — The Quebec government tabled a bill on Thursday that aims to give victims a simpler and faster way to stop intimate photos and videos of them from being shared without their consent.

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a challenge from the Quebec government to a lower court ruling granting asylum seekers access to subsidized daycare spaces.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler said he was sorry Thursday after the New York Times obtained photos of him wearing blackface about two decades ago at a college Halloween costume party where he dressed as Michael Jackson.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's Liberals say that if their party is elected, teachers will no longer need parental consent before they can use the preferred first names and pronouns of transgender students under 16.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith has provided a road map for how prosecutors hope to prove their case charging former President Donald Trump with an illegal scheme to overturn his 2020 election loss — if it ever gets to trial.

EDMONTON — Alberta's nurses could soon find themselves on the picket line as recent talks with the province foundered over disagreements around pay and staffing.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin election clerks referred 30 instances of suspected fraud and voting irregularities to prosecutors over the last year, according to a new report.