Politics

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J.

OTTAWA — Months before British Columbia sought to scale back its drug decriminalization pilot project, the federal government's own polling suggested to officials that a majority of Canadians believed the policy would lead to an increase in overdoses

OTTAWA — The federal government ended the 2023-24 fiscal year with a deficit of $50.9 billion. The result for the April-to-March period compared with a deficit of $41.3 billion reported for the same stretch of its 2022-23 fiscal year.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A military veteran who was convicted of injuring a police officer's hand during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Friday to five years in prison. John George Todd III declined to address the court before U.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's government is tripling a program that offers free air conditioners to people with low incomes as forecasters say the province should prepare for hotter-than-normal temperatures in June.

NASHVILLE, Tenn.

VANCOUVER — In November last year, American border agents ordered that a freight train crossing into the U.S. be halted.

HALIFAX — The federal Fisheries Department is investigating reports of gear tampering in lobster fishing areas in eastern Nova Scotia.

OTTAWA — The coming Paris Olympics and other major sporting events are tempting targets for cybercriminals and hacktivists looking to fatten their wallets, promote causes or pilfer secrets, federal security officials warn.