Politics

WASHINGTON — Canada's budget watchdog is taking a second look at Ottawa's new tax on underused housing that critics hope will lead to a last-minute reprieve for U.S. cottage owners.

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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday didn’t rule out reviving deadlocked negotiations to resolve Cyprus’ nearly 50-year ethnic division, but again rejected any deal that wouldn’t offer Turkish Cypriots a state of

MONTREAL — The federal government has slowed the timeline on a faster passenger railway set to stretch from Toronto to Quebec City.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Toronto city council declared gender-based violence and intimate partner violence an epidemic in the city on Thursday, while calling on Ontario and the federal government to do the same.

OTTAWA — Ontario is adding $44 million to a fund for hospitals to help reduce ER wait times and allowing more hospitals to qualify.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A town clerk in Michigan will be barred from running any elections after being charged earlier this week by the state attorney general for acting as a fake elector in 2020 for then-President Donald Trump .

WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is headed to New York City to sing the praises of democratic values and Europe's ongoing efforts to defend them.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — European Union climate chief Frans Timmermans said Thursday he wants to lead a combined campaign by two center-left parties that are joining forces ahead of Dutch parliamentary elections in late November.