Politics

TORONTO — Layoffs have begun at the Ontario Science Centre. Ontario Public Service Employees Union says more than 50 food service workers will be laid off over the next few days.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's top election office has sent letters to more than 14,000 registered voters asking them to prove their citizenship, a move that alarmed voting rights advocates as possible intimidation.

TERRACE — The newest draft treaty signed in British Columbia will allow the First Nation to “break free from the shackles of the Indian Act” and take control of their future, the head of the provincial treaty commission said Tuesday.

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is set to attend the Assembly of First Nations' upcoming annual general assembly for the first time since he took the party helm.

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona authorities on Tuesday said they were investigating whether a 27-year-old temporary election worker in the state's largest county had political motivations when he stole a fob that would allow him access to vote tabulators just

OTTAWA — The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says the organization is about to finalize a deal with Ottawa on child welfare reforms that will top the $20 billion promised as part of a landmark settlement.

LANGFORD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — Former British Columbia premier and Canada's ambassador to Germany John Horgan is staying positive about his health and sends healing thoughts to people battling cancer as he faces his third bout with the disease,

MONTREAL — Pro-Palestinian protesters and counter-protesters faced off on Tuesday afternoon at a downtown Montreal square, where a new encampment tied to the war in the Gaza Strip was set up over the weekend.

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment that would require voters to show photo identification at the polls have turned in signatures as part of an effort to get the proposal on the 2024 ballot.

OTTAWA — A historic defeat for the Liberals in a downtown Toronto byelection has put a glaring question mark on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's political future.