OTTAWA — The British government has turned down Ottawa’s attempts to have it join the international Defence, Security and Resilience Bank, though London says it will work in lockstep with Canada to meet NATO spending targets. The DSRB is meant to reduce borrowing costs for military spending by pooling credit strength among allies. Canada has […]

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Two Catholic bishops have expressed regret about agreeing to a White House meeting that produced a publicly distributed photo of them praying with President Donald Trump. Milwaukee Archbishop Jeffrey Grob, in a statement titled “A Public Apology,” said Sunday that he had received many questions and comments — some of them distraught — about the […]

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VANCOUVER — Voters gave Lorne Doerkson’s B.C. Conservatives a two-thirds majority government on Saturday, now members of his party need to do the same to change their constitution to allow an interim leader to become permanent. 
 The party’s constitution prohibits an interim leader from seeking leadership in subsequent ballot, and change would require the […]

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McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The Ford Expedition rumbled to a stop and Cindy Banda’s bedazzled flip-flops landed on the asphalt of the Houston cancer center’s vast parking lot. She threaded through the rows of cars, a tally of patients who gather here to sit with chemotherapy needles or lie on radiation machines. The elevator dinged […]

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OTTAWA — Canada has received its first pair of new F-35 fighter jets, with Ottawa still deliberating on how many of the American planes it will buy. The Royal Canadian Air Force announced receiving the two Lockheed Martin jets Friday on social media with a photo from Phoenix showing one plane with a maple-leaf roundel. […]

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Alaska’s Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola and her family suffered minor injuries Saturday in a car crash while driving to a campaign stop, her campaign said. Peltola required medical attention after the accident, which happened when another vehicle crashed into the one transporting Peltola and her family, the campaign said. The family was on their […]

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Dave Leaderhouse The conditions were less than ideal, but the Carlton Crusaders didn’t let any wind or rain stop them from advancing to their third straight North Saskatchewan Football League final following a convincing 41-9 triumph over the Lloydminster Barons on Friday at Max Clunie Field. “We knew something like this was coming in, but […]

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RIGA — It takes an average of just six weeks for opposing forces to develop a countermeasure to new technology deployed on the battlefield in Ukraine. That rapid pace of innovation, driven by drones and robotics, is forcing NATO and its member countries to rethink how they acquire military equipment, while raising questions about whether […]

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When B.C. premier-designate Lorne Doerksen considers potential cabinet members in the days ahead, there’s a good chance he will look at two notably tattooed young women with unique lived experience who would put an unexpected face on the government’s conservative policies. Claire Rattée, a 34-year-old tattoo shop owner and one-time Kitimat city councillor, is a […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday defended the Trump administration’s lawsuit to block certification of Alaska’s Senate results if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan loses the race and argued that the legal challenge was a necessary step to avoid confusing voters in the closely watched midterm race. President Donald Trump, who said Friday […]

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Prime Minister Mark Carney sees Turkey's rapidly expanding defence industry as a model for breaking Canada's dependence on American military suppliers. But a history of broken trust and political repression casts a shadow over the partnership.