Politics

VALHALLA, N.Y.

LANGLEY, B.C. — The council for the Metro Vancouver Township of Langley, B.C., has voted for a plan to have its own RCMP detachment in a separation that the mayor says is over unfair costs.

MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) — A registered sex offender in Florida has been arrested on charges that he voted illegally in the November 2020 election.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A special adviser to Brazil’s presidency on international affairs met with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday following comments by his Brazilian counterpart that have drawn rebukes from Kyiv, the U.S.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is promising new money to keep rents low at private non-profit housing complexes, following a controversy at one facility recently in Winnipeg.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers approved two bills Wednesday that ban gender-affirming health care for minors, and prevent transgender girls and women from participating on female sports teams.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has reached a settlement with a New Jersey county over language barriers for Spanish-speaking voters, emphasizing a growing challenge for certain minority communities nationwide.

CALGARY — Alberta's two main political parties offered competing visions Wednesday for women's shelters and sexual assault counselling centres as the second week of Alberta's election campaign continued. Voters go to the polls on May 29.

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — U.S. Rep.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri's Republican governor on Wednesday officially opened the application process to replace St.