Beyond Local

EDMONTON — An Alberta cabinet minister said Friday he's working with lawyers and the province's ethics commissioner over concerns possible changes to his department's responsibilities could put him in a conflict of interest.

WARSAW, Poland — Since packing up a small suitcase and leaving her home in Ukraine with her six-year-old son, Iryna Mishyna has found solace in helping other families in similar situations find some stability.

OTTAWA — Canadians were left with more questions than answers on Friday as a pair of senior military officers briefed a parliamentary committee about the slew of objects shot down over North American skies in recent weeks.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The head of an international organization brought in by the federal government to provide communities with options for identifying possible human remains buried near former residential school sites says Indigenous families must lead the way. 

OTTAWA — Throughout seven weeks of public hearings in Ottawa, the Public Order Emergency Commission heard from more than 100 witnesses and released thousands of pages of documents.

OTTAWA — The Public Order Emergency Commission said Friday the Liberal government met the "very high threshold" for invoking the Emergencies Act during the weeks-long "Freedom Convoy" protests last winter.

OTTAWA — The Liberal government's long-promised plan to transition Canada's labour force to respond to climate change says a clean energy economy will not prompt massive unemployment in the country's energy towns.

OTTAWA — The head of the NATO military alliance threatened to raise the heat on Canada and other laggards on Wednesday as he called on member countries to adopt hard targets when it comes to military spending.

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the war rages on in Ukraine , the United States is doing more than supporting an ally. It's learning lessons — with an eye toward a possible future clash with China .

FREDERICTON — Crown prosecutors have formally acknowledged that the sentence for a New Brunswick man who fatally shot three Mounties must be amended so he can apply for parole after serving 25 years.