April’s election saw Canadians elect a slim Liberal minority government — the sixth minority government in the past two decade. Here’s a breakdown of how the votes need to fall in order for legislation to pass.

Canada’s first marine waste recycling program has been turning abandoned fishing gear and other plastic waste from the ocean into pellets for new products for five years. But now, federal and provincial money has dried up to tackle ocean waste.

The Israeli government has boasted it will bury the idea of a Palestinian state — as countries including Canada prepare to recognize one at the United Nations General Assembly next week. Though it’s a shift in Western policy, many Palestinians fear the recognition comes too late.

Donald Trump’s state visit to the U.K. may have given U.S. president much of what he wished for, surrounding him in the pomp and circumstance of royalty. While the two-day visit generally progressed without major gaffes, leaving the U.K. government to hope it will bear fruit for the relationship between the two countries, the visit also reflected the monarchy doing one of its regular functions.

A clinic in a small city outside Victoria is making family doctors municipal employees. By offering them pensions, benefits and administrative support, they are giving doctors a lifestyle many say they want.