Policy and regulation

Wear masks outdoors to protect against wildfire smoke, health experts advise

Senate changes to judicial oversight bill contrary to bill’s goal, Lametti’s office says

No longer silent, more victims of sexual violence fight publication bans imposed in their names

What’s the right number of immigrants for Canada?

Brookfield faces shareholder calls for transparency on tax payments

Quebec government moves to ban planned obsolescence, ensure products can be repaired

‘A start’: Toronto multiplex policy aimed at boosting housing welcomed by observers

U.S. economy little changed, outlook ‘deteriorated’, Fed survey shows

Draft code of conduct on AI could be drawn up within weeks, EU tech chief says

Investors’ hopes for Turkey’s economic future ride on new cabinet picks

Promise tracker: What Alberta’s UCP and NDP pledge to do if they win the election

New Brunswick premier calls for calm amid review of policy on sexual orientation in schools

Judge halts South Carolina’s new stricter abortion law until state Supreme Court review

Connecticut House passes most wide-ranging gun bill since legislation passed after Sandy Hook

Industry blindsided by Ottawa’s plan to track ill effects of natural health products

Fed officials agreed that need for more rate hikes has become ‘less certain,’ meeting minutes show

Nebraska governor signs 12-week abortion ban, limits on gender-affirming care for minors

There is no cost-free climate plan

Nebraska lawmakers pass abortion ban, restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors

Federal Reserve Chair Powell hints at a pause in rate hikes when central bank meets next month

Bank of Japan’s Ueda vows to maintain easy policy, rules out chance of early exit

Here are the restrictions on transgender people that are moving forward in U.S. statehouses

TikTok users file lawsuit to block Montana ban

Fed’s Logan: data does not yet show June pause is appropriate

Poilievre’s ‘jail, not bail’ idea may not pass constitutional muster, experts say

South Carolina Republicans near resolution on abortion ban

Shortlisted Donner Prize authors on who they would most like to read their book

Interest rates likely to rise further if inflation stays high, Fed’s Michelle Bowman says

House Republicans pass new asylum restrictions as Title 42 ends; Biden promises veto

Virginia judge says law banning sales of handguns to young adults is unconstitutional

EU lawmakers’ committees agree to tougher draft legislation on regulating AI

Conservative MP’s bill on violence against pregnant women revives abortion debate

Alberta Premier says media-question restrictions won’t apply to wildfire crisis