Politics

EDMONTON — Alberta’s NDP says it would raise the corporate income tax rate to 11 per cent from eight as part of a broader three-year plan to keep the budget balanced while increasing spending virtually across the board.

OTTAWA — A parliamentary committee has called for Canada's Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States to include new exemptions allowing some asylum seekers to make claims in Canada after arriving south of the border.

REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says the province is to continue using natural gas and possibly coal beyond the federal government's target date.

TORONTO — The construction consortium building a delayed midtown Toronto light rail transit line said Tuesday it is taking the provincial transit agency and Infrastructure Ontario to court over the project.

WASHINGTON — Canada and the U.S. are teaming up to build a corridor of charging stations between Quebec City and Michigan to encourage motorists in both countries to buy more electric vehicles. Transport Minister Omar Alghabra and U.S.

WASHINGTON (AP) — An unknown man managed to slip undetected inside the home of White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan , according to two people familiar with the incident. The U.S. Secret Service is investigating.

An Alabama man was sentenced on Tuesday to nearly two years in prison for storming the U.S. Capitol and invading the Senate floor with a knife on his hip and a gaping wound on his face.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian air defenses, bolstered by sophisticated Western-supplied systems , thwarted an intense Russian air attack on Kyiv early Tuesday, shooting down all missiles aimed at the capital, officials said.

OTTAWA — A Senate committee says Canada needs to sort out the intent of its sanctions before assessing whether they’re working, and must undertake major upgrades to put its system on par with those of Ottawa’s allies.

BILLINGS, Mont.