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Alabama lawmakers advance bills to ensure Joe Biden is on the state's ballot
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama lawmakers advanced legislation Wednesday to ensure President Joe Biden will appear on the state's November ballot, mirroring accommodations made four years ago for then...
Apr 17, 2024
Tories accuse minister of 'politicizing' Governor General's office over online harms
OTTAWA - A spokeswoman for Gov. Gen. Mary Simon says she will continue to advocate for "digital respect," despite suggestions it's inappropriate for her to wade in when a government bill targeting the...
Apr 17, 2024
Federal budget ignores Indigenous infrastructure needs: Assembly of First Nations
OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is denouncing a federal budget that she says all but ignores the needs of the communities she represents. The federal government is neglect...
Apr 17, 2024
Hillary Clinton and Malala Yousafzai producing. An election coming. ‘Suffs’ has timing on its side
NEW YORK (AP) - Shaina Taub was in the audience at "Suffs," her buzzy and timely new musical about women's suffrage, when she spied something that delighted her. It was intermission, and Taub, both cr...
Apr 17, 2024
Ottawa plans to sell off historic armoury in Amherst, N.S., to make way for housing
HALIFAX - The federal government is planning to sell off the historic, century-old armoury in Amherst, N.S., to make way for new housing, but the town's mayor says that could be a bad idea. "I'm sure ...
Apr 17, 2024
Tech industry warns budget's capital gains proposals could cause 'irreparable harm'
TORONTO - The federal budget is being met with disdain from Canada's innovation industry, including tech darling Shopify, which called the capital gains measures in the fiscal plan a potential cause o...
Apr 17, 2024
Nova Scotia opens first long-term care home serving Mi'kmaq seniors
ESKASONI, N.S. - Nova Scotia opened its first long-term care facility in a First Nations community on Wednesday, realizing a decades-old ambition for its host community. A ceremony marking the opening...
Apr 17, 2024
CAQ whip resigns from caucus to run for Conservatives in next federal election
QUEBEC - The Quebec government whip has quit the Coalition Avenir Qubec and will join the federal Conservatives, leaving the province's ruling party wondering whether its current slump in the polls wi...
Apr 17, 2024
Biden vows to shield US steel industry by blocking Japanese merger and seeking new Chinese tariffs
PITTSBURGH (AP) - President Joe Biden suggested to cheering, unionized steelworkers on Wednesday that his administration would thwart the acquisition of U.S. Steel by a Japanese company, and he called...
Apr 17, 2024
Budget pushes measures on open banking, lower fees forward, but timing unclear
TORONTO - The federal budget pushed forward several banking sector initiatives, including open banking and lower fees, but had little detail on when changes would actually take effect. Open banking wa...
Apr 17, 2024
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