Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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Days of Darkness: How one woman escaped the conspiracy theory trap that has ensnared millions
WASHINGTON (AP) - At first his stories seemed harmless. Tales about secret organizations plotting to take over the world, about the good guys working to save it, and about the proof that, if you knew ...
Jan 31, 2024
Takeaways from the AP's look at the role of conspiracy theories in American politics and society
WASHINGTON (AP) - Conspiracy theories have a long history. Humans have always speculated about secret motives and plots as a way to understand their world and avoid danger. These days, however, conspi...
Jan 31, 2024
Grave peril of digital conspiracy theories: 'What happens when no one believes anything anymore?'
WASHINGTON (AP) - Days after Maui's wildfires killed scores of people and destroyed thousands of homes last August, a shocking claim spread with alarming speed on YouTube and TikTok: The blaze on the ...
Jan 31, 2024
Miracle cures: Online conspiracy theories are creating a new age of unproven medical treatments
BUTLER, Pa. (AP) - The hotel on the outskirts of town looks a lot like lodging one can find on any American highway. Over the years it has been a Holiday Inn and a Days Inn. The sign outside now bears...
Jan 31, 2024
Desmond inquiry: 'Desperately needed' care absent in months before N.S. killings
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - An inquiry that investigated why a former soldier in Nova Scotia killed three family members and himself in 2017 is calling on Ottawa and the province to change the way health ...
Jan 31, 2024
Democratic field set for special election that could determine control of Michigan House
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Democratic primaries in two special elections in the Detroit area seeking to break a tie in the Michigan House of Representatives were won by a county commissioner and city counc...
Jan 31, 2024
Quebec minimum wage rises by 50 cents to $15.75 an hour starting May 1
Quebec's minimum wage will increase by 50 cents to $15.75 an hour beginning May 1. The Labour Department says it is hiking the minimum wage by a little more than three per cent because of the economic...
Jan 31, 2024
Some Republican leaders are pushing back against the conservative Freedom Caucus in statehouses
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - On the first day of Missouri's new legislative session, Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden tried to cajole colleagues into congeniality with a rhetorical question: "Will ...
Jan 31, 2024
Conspiracy Theories: Why we want to believe when the facts often aren't there
WASHINGTON (AP) - From fears about vaccines containing microchips to election rigging, conspiracy theories are popping up everywhere. But belief in conspiracy theories isn't new and it's quite common,...
Jan 31, 2024
Secret history: Even before the revolution, America was a nation of conspiracy theorists
WASHINGTON (AP) - A brutal conflict in Europe was fresh in people's minds and the race for the White House turned ugly as talk of secret societies and corruption roiled the United States. It was 1800,...
Jan 31, 2024
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