Bessent warns Carney against picking a fight before US-Canada-Mexico trade talks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday warned Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney that his recent public comments against U.S. trade policy could backfire going into the formal review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the trade deal that protects...
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump heritage site enjoys boost after shout out on ‘The Pitt’
A UNESCO World Heritage Site in Alberta is enjoying a recent uptick in interest spurred by a shout out on a popular American television show — and its head of marketing hopes that curiosity translates into a bustling summer season....
WATCH: Transit rider seen jumping onto side of moving GO Train
Missing the train by a matter of seconds can be aggravating. But being dead for eternity is worse. That’s the message from Metrolinx CEO Michael Lindsay after a transit rider was captured on security video dangerously leaping onto a moving...
2 federal agents involved in shooting of Alex Pretti placed on leave
Two federal agents who were involved in the shooting of Alex Pretti have been on administrative leave since Saturday, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed. They add this is standard protocol. Pretti was killed by U.S. Border Patrol officers...
Family of Alex Pretti retains lawyer who helped prosecute the George Floyd case
The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota’s attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s neck of murder. Pretti, an intensive care nurse at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center, was...
Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives bar media from party convention
Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario has banned media from its upcoming convention for the first time since he became the premier in 2018. Ford says he is always available to reporters, but the convention will remain closed to...
Advocates call for independent probe after Durham cops accused of assaulting lawyer at courthouse
A national legal organization is calling for an independent investigation after a lawyer alleged police officers slammed her head into a desk, dragged her out of a room in handcuffs and hauled her to the basement cells at a courthouse...
4 charged after hazardous chemicals found near Western University: London police
LONDON — Four people have been charged after hazardous chemicals capable of being used to make explosives were found in a home near Western University. London police say they were called to the university early Saturday to help campus police...
U.S. sending ICE unit to Olympics for security, prompting concern, confusion in Italy
MILAN (AP) — News that a unit of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would be present during the upcoming Winter Games has set off concern and confusion in Italy, where people have expressed outrage at the inclusion of an agency...
2 federal officers fired shots during encounter that killed Alex Pretti, DHS tells Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two federal officers fired shots during the encounter that killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, a Customs and Border Protection official told Congress in a notice sent Tuesday, the same day Ecuador’s minister of foreign affairs...
