Politics

The RCMP is on its way back as the police force in Metro Vancouver's largest city, says Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke, but the province's solicitor general says he's not "satisfied" he has all information to confirm the decision.

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Construction has been completed on a stand-alone renewable diesel refinery in British Columbia, the first of its kind in Canada.

WEST HARTFORD, Conn.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed GOP legislation on Friday that would ban the promotion of certain beliefs that some lawmakers have likened to critical race theory in state government workplaces.

OTTAWA — Canada's largest federal public-sector union says more than 155,000 workers have ratified new four-year deals with the federal government.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Reps.

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's economy minister welcomed a deal Friday among European Union countries to increase by more than a third the bloc's renewable energy target for 2030.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Documents show the federal government is hoping for a deal this summer to develop the Atlantic Loop energy project in Eastern Canada, but Nova Scotia is so far not on board.

TORONTO — Ontario is conferring so-called strong mayor powers — which critics have decried as undemocratic — upon 26 more cities in the name of building more housing.

OTTAWA — A pact with the United States to control the flow of asylum seekers across the shared border is constitutional, Canada's highest bench ruled in a unanimous decision Friday, but justices left the door open to further review in court.