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Trudeau's call-out yields questions on everything from mermaid sex to dog pants

Trudeau's call-out yields questions on everything from mermaid sex to dog pants

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may not have started the day thinking about whether mermaids reproduce like fish or like humans, but that's what one person is asking him to consider.
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Alberta says it will take control of prosecutions for banned firearms from Ottawa

Alberta says it will take control of prosecutions for banned firearms from Ottawa

EDMONTON — Alberta's justice minister says provincial prosecutors are to take over the handling of charges under the federal Firearms Act starting in the new year.
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Ontario can eliminate natural gas electricity generation by 2050 at $400B cost: IESO

TORONTO — Ontario can fully eliminate natural gas generation in its electricity system by 2050, starting with a moratorium in 2027, but it will require about $400 billion in capital spending and new, large-scale nuclear plants, a report said Thursday
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EU leaders seek to stand up to US and avoid trade war

EU leaders seek to stand up to US and avoid trade war

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders sought ways Thursday to stand up to the United States over its new green technologies plan that they say unfairly discriminates against Washington's best global ally and demanded the same concessions as American
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Liberal government seeking delay to expanding medically assisted dying program

Liberal government seeking delay to expanding medically assisted dying program

OTTAWA — The Liberal government announced Thursday it will seek to delay the expansion of Canada's assisted-dying regime to include people whose sole underlying conditions are mental disorders.
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EU approves new sanctions against Russia over Ukraine war

EU approves new sanctions against Russia over Ukraine war

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union said Thursday it approved a new package of sanctions aimed at ramping up pressure on Russia for its war in Ukraine.
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Feds order review of power-grid security after attacks

Feds order review of power-grid security after attacks

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators on Thursday ordered a review of security standards at the nation's far-flung electricity transmission network, following shootings at two electric substations in North Carolina that damaged equipment and caused mo
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Federal public servants to start returning to office next month with hybrid system

Federal public servants to start returning to office next month with hybrid system

OTTAWA — Treasury Board President Mona Fortier announced Thursday that federal public servants will soon have to return to in-person office work two to three days per week — a move that a major public union is calling "absolutely disrespectful.
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Lengthy prison terms for 3 who aided Whitmer kidnap plotter

Lengthy prison terms for 3 who aided Whitmer kidnap plotter

JACKSON, Mich. (AP) — A judge on Thursday handed down the longest prison terms so far in the plot to kidnap Michigan's governor, sentencing three men who forged an early alliance with a leader of the scheme before the FBI broke it up in 2020.
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Ohio education bill, transgender athlete ban die in House

Ohio education bill, transgender athlete ban die in House

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The latest proposal to give Ohio’s governor more power overseeing K-12 education cleared the state Senate with a ban on transgender student-athletes in girls sports — but hit a roadblock hours later when the legislation fell sev
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