Barrett's confirmation on Monday was hardly in doubt, with majority Republicans mostly united in support behind U.S. President Donald Trump's pick.

The 48-year-old federal judge’s ascent to the high court would lock a 6-3 conservative majority on the court for the foreseeable future.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he will begin the process as soon as the Senate Judiciary Committee wraps up its work Thursday.

The province's travel ban restricted entry for non-residents unless they'd been granted a special exemption.

The justices will not hear either new case until 2021, and the outcome of the presidential election could make the cases go away, or at least reduce their significance.

The civil claim says the Kelowna resident was attacked by a police officer and his dog while he was trying to recover a friend’s stolen bicycle.

Dozens of other rallies were planned from New York to San Francisco to signal opposition to Trump and his policies.

The women argued the RCMP pension plan breached their equality rights under the charter by denying them the benefit of accruing full-time pension credit for periods when they temporarily worked reduced hours for family reasons.

Despite Democratic objections, the Republican-led U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee is moving ahead with the confirmation process for Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court.

During Wednesday’s hearing, Barrett maintained her view that it would be inappropriate to comment on the national health care law or other cases that may come before her as a justice.