Politics

TORONTO — First Nations leaders in Ontario say Canada needs to fix what they call a "discriminatory" carbon price system, arguing the federal government failed to address their repeated concerns and blocked their exemption request only to then issue

OTTAWA — The Department of Canadian Heritage has taken legal action in order to recoup funds it doled out to a consultant accused of posting antisemitic material online, deputy minister Isabelle Mondou said Thursday.

OTTAWA — The House of Commons health committee is echoing long-standing calls from plastic surgeons and patient advocates for a national registry to help prevent illness and problems linked to breast implants.

OTTAWA — Conservative MP Rachael Thomas has apologized after drawing criticism from other members of Parliament for asking Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge to answer questions in English at a committee meeting.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former Ambassador to Poland and longtime Tennessee Republican politician Victor Ashe sued state election officials on Wednesday over a law he claims is so vague that he could be prosecuted for voting in a Republican primary.

FREDERICTON — A new report aimed at improving New Brunswick’s English-language school system recommends tackling chronic student absenteeism and rethinking the practice of promoting failing students to the next grade so they can remain with their pee

MURRAY HARBOUR, P.E.I. — A municipal councillor in eastern Prince Edward Island has been ordered to pay a $500 fine for displaying a sign on his property denying the existence of residential school graves. The council in Murray Harbour, P.E.I.

VANCOUVER — The British Columbia law that allows certain agencies to take over the affairs of abused, neglected or incapacitated adults is under scrutiny by the province's human rights commissioner and B.C.

NEW YORK (AP) — As his Republican primary rivals return to the debate stage next week, former President Donald Trump will be headlining a closed-door fundraiser in Florida.

REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says the province is to stop collecting the federal carbon levy on electric heat starting Jan. 1.