SALEM, Oregon (AP) — Oregon’s Supreme Court on Friday kept former President Donald Trump on the state’s primary ballot, declining to wade into the legal chaos over whether he’s disqualified to be president until the U.S. Supreme Court on a similar case out of Colorado.

Oregon was one of several states where sued to remove Trump from the ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, a Civil War-era provision that prohibits those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding

EDMONTON — Freezing temperatures in Edmonton have forced one of the city’s hospitals to fire up temporary heaters in its emergency department.

Officials say the Royal Alexandra Hospital Emergency Department triage and waiting room is experiencing what they call a “temporary heat disruption.”

An area within the department is being used to provide a warmer space for those waiting.

The hospital says the problem is being caused by a malfunction in its air handling system, caused by temperatures of -36 C.

Patients were being diverted to other hospitals,

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An elderly Alaskan living in squalor and deemed a low priority by state officials died of hypothermia, a result of negligence on the part of Adult Protective Services, according to a report from the Alaska State Ombudsman’s office.

Neither the adult nor their community were named in the report detailing the death nearly three years ago, the

The was prompted by complaints.

The agency categorized reports alleging significant health and safety risks to a disabled elder as a low priority level for review, thus delaying

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Dollar General store where during a racially motivated shooting last summer reopened Friday morning in a northeast Florida community where it is among only a few stores selling fresh food to nearby residents.

Nearly five months after the Aug, 26 shooting, memorials dedicated to victims Jerrald Gallion, Anolt “A.J.” Laguerre Jr. and Angela Carr remained outside the New Town Dollar General store in Jacksonville, still decorated with photos, flowers and stuffed animals.

At the store’s

“Oppenheimer” and “Barbie” will face off at yet another awards ceremony this season, this time at the Producers Guild Awards where they are among the 10 films nominated for the top prize.

The Producers Guild of America announced its nominations for the coveted Darryl F. Zanuck Award, its equivalent of the best picture trophy. Nominees overlapped with the five , including “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “The Holdovers” and “Poor Things.” The five additional films were “American Fiction,” “

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly and her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi say they want to find common ground and maintain communication, despite tensions across the Pacific.

But a senior analyst says Beijing’s preferred path to better relations might be impossible for Canadians to follow.

“This is a positive development. We need to have regular dialogue at the highest levels,” said Vina Nadjibulla, research vice-president for the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.

“It’s important, not because we need to have

OTTAWA — Housing Minister Sean Fraser and Immigration Minister Marc Miller say the federal government is working to stabilize the number of people entering the country every year as housing pressures mount.

The Canadian Press reported Thursday on internal documents from 2022 showing Immigration Department employees warned their deputy minister that a major increase in immigration could affect access to housing and services.

The federal government ultimately decided to increase the number of permanent residents Canada welcomes each year to 500,000 in 2025 — nearly double

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police in Puerto Rico captured a rhesus macaque monkey on Friday that was being chased by a crowd of people at a public housing complex near the U.S. territory’s north coast.

The monkey was found injured and exhausted in the laundry room of an apartment within the Beautiful View complex in the coastal city of Arecibo, said Officer Joel Vidot Soto, who captured the animal.

“I rescue dogs and cats in general,” he told The Associated Press, adding

The Ford government is planning to use taxpayer dollars to retrofit the Staples Canada stores that are getting ServiceOntario outlets, sources tell CityNews.

The exact dollar amount is unclear, but multiple sources say the government will foot the bill for the necessary store upgrades to accommodate the kiosks, which are part of a pilot project first announced in December 2023 to “reduce the overall cost to deliver government services to the public.”

Neither the Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery nor the Premier’s office responded to CityNews