Politics

OTTAWA — Former Conservative leader Erin O'Toole has been named as the president and managing director of risk advisory firm ADIT North America. The firm provides services to companies, investment funds and agencies that operate or invest globally.

OTTAWA — Canada will soon co-ordinate efforts by multiple countries to restore Haiti's embattled police force, as neighbouring states say they have hope the Caribbean nation can overcome a severe political and humanitarian crisis.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Moments after Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he hoarded classified documents and then conspired to obstruct an investigation about it, the Republicans in Congress had his back.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain must do more to prepare for increasingly virulent wildfires stoked by climate change, a large group of the country’s leading wildfire prevention experts said on Thursday.

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s central bank has ended its distorted foreign exchange rate, a move the new government in Africa’s biggest economy hopes will help woo investors and stabilize the local currency.

The federal government has committed $25 million to create Canada's first-ever LGBTQ entrepreneurship program, an investment one trailblazer called a "game-changer.

WHITBY, Ont. — Ontario Premier Doug Ford has roundly rebuffed calls from the mayor of Markham, Ont., to consolidate the 10 municipal governments of York Region into one city.

BRUSSELS (AP) — Support mounted on Thursday for NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg to have his mandate at the head of the world’s biggest security organization extended yet again as Denmark’s prime minister ruled herself out of the running.

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ISTANBUL (AP) — Istanbul’s popular mayor went on trial Thursday on charges that he was involved in the alleged rigging of bids on a tender dating back to 2015.