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'Significant issue': Spring freeze and thaw leads to more potholes on Ontario roads
TORONTO - For Mike Sanders, owner of Aaron's Taxi in Sudbury, Ont., bumpier routes have become an "unfortunate way of life." Cities including his are reporting that a repeated cycle of freezing and th...
Apr 17, 2025
Manitoba, Nunavut premiers hopeful for hydro project, seeking federal help
WINNIPEG - The premiers of Manitoba and Nunavut are hopeful a proposed hydroelectric and fibre optic project is moving closer to fruition and are seeking federal money. Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew and ...
Apr 16, 2025
US Army engineers decide to fast-track Great Lakes tunnel permits under Trump energy emergency order
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided to fast-track permits for building a protective tunnel around an aging Enbridge oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes, stokin...
Apr 16, 2025
'Go Leafs go!' Doug Ford says as Maple Leafs, Senators set to battle in NHL playoffs
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he hopes a Canadian team wins the Stanley Cup, but he really wants the Maple Leafs do it. The Leafs are set to face off against the Ottawa Senators in the play...
Apr 16, 2025
Alberta UCP boots former cabinet minister from caucus for health scandal criticism
EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative Party has expelled its former infrastructure minister from caucus over his repeated criticism of the government's handling of the health-care contract scandal....
Apr 16, 2025
Trump joins tariff talks with Japan as US seeks deals amid trade wars
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday inserted himself directly into trade talks with Japanese officials, a sign of the high stakes for the United States after its tariffs rattled the ...
Apr 16, 2025
Trump administration plans to end the IRS Direct File program for free tax filing, AP sources say
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS' Direct File program, an electronic system for filing tax returns directly to the agency for free, according to two people familia...
Apr 16, 2025
BC Health Coalition urges province to end contract with U.S. owner of LifeLabs
VICTORIA - A public health advocacy group is urging the British Columbia government to end a contract with an American company that owns LifeLabs, the province's main provider of outpatient lab servic...
Apr 16, 2025
Trump says he's joining tariff talks with Japan as US seeks deals amid trade wars
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday inserted himself directly into trade talks with Japanese officials, a sign of the high stakes for the United States after its tariffs rattled the ...
Apr 16, 2025
Ontario's bill to remove certain bike lanes to be tested with Charter challenge
TORONTO - An Ontario law empowering the province to remove three major Toronto bike lanes is being tested in court by a group of cyclists who argue it's unconstitutional. The law passed last year allo...
Apr 16, 2025
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