Murray Wood: Saskatchewan is winning the race to the bottom on minimum wage
An increase is coming for Saskatchewan's minimum-wage earners this fall, but Murray Wood says it will ensure they contin...
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Increasing renewable energy to create more conflicts between environmental values
An Alberta environmental group opposes a solar power project over concerns it would damage antelope habitat and block their migration. Homeowners in the province are fighting a renewable natural gas p...
Apr 12, 2024
Quebec 'not alone' in commitment to secularism, says French Prime Minister Attal
MONTREAL - French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal used his visit to Quebec this week to express strong support for the province's model of state secularism even as he claimed to abstain from weighing in ...
Apr 12, 2024
Manhattan court must find a dozen jurors to hear first-ever criminal case against a former president
NEW YORK (AP) - Of the 1.4 million adults who live in Manhattan, a dozen are soon to become the first Americans to sit in judgment of a former president charged with a crime. Jury selection is set to ...
Apr 11, 2024
'I'm dying, you're not': Those terminally ill ask more states to legalize physician-assisted death
DENVER (AP) - On a brisk day at a restaurant outside Chicago, Deb Robertson sat with her teenage grandson to talk about her death. She'll probably miss his high school graduation. Death doesn't fright...
Apr 11, 2024
'I'm dying, you're not': Those terminally ill ask more states to legalize physician-assisted death
DENVER (AP) - On a brisk day at a restaurant outside Chicago, Deb Robertson sat with her teenage grandson to talk about her death. She'll probably miss his high school graduation. She declined the ext...
Apr 11, 2024
Trump gives support to embattled Speaker Mike Johnson at pivotal Mar-a-Lago meet
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Donald Trump offered a political lifeline Friday to House Speaker Mike Johnson, saying the beleaguered GOP leader is doing a "very good job," and tamping down the far-right for...
Apr 11, 2024
A near-total ban on abortion has supercharged the political dynamics of Arizona, a key swing state
PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona was already expected to be one of the most closely contested states in November's U.S. presidential election. But a ruling this week instituting a near-total abortion ban superc...
Apr 11, 2024
Many say Biden and Trump did more harm than good, but for different reasons, AP-NORC poll shows
WASHINGTON (AP) - There's a reason why President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are spending so much time attacking each other - people don't think either man has much to brag about when ...
Apr 11, 2024
Low-income renters got a benefit. Scammers took one day to target it, BC Housing says
VANCOUVER - BC Housing is warning of scammers targeting recipients of a support scheme for elderly low-income renters, just one day after it was announced. The housing agency says in a "fraud alert" o...
Apr 11, 2024
Alberta dismisses fears federal funding veto bill would put chill on academic freedom
EDMONTON - Alberta's advanced education minister is rejecting concerns her government's proposed gatekeeping law would lead to political interference and jeopardize $500 million of federal funding for...
Apr 11, 2024
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