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Kennedy Center-connected events scheduled for LGBTQ+ pride celebration canceled, organizers say
WASHINGTON (AP) - Organizers and the Kennedy Center have canceled a week's worth of events celebrating LGBTQ+ rights for this summer's World Pride festival in Washington, D.C., amid a shift in priorit...
Apr 25, 2025
Judge blocks Trump administration from nixing collective bargaining for most federal employees
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from implementing an executive order that a labor union says would cancel collective bargaining rights for hund...
Apr 25, 2025
Metro Vancouver housing figures underscore massive gap in affordable units
VANCOUVER - The latest housing report from Metro Vancouver underscores the significant gap between current affordable rentals and the number of units required to prevent more people from falling into ...
Apr 25, 2025
ICE is reversing termination of legal status for international students around US, lawyer says
The federal government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students after many filed court challenges around the U.S., a government lawyer said Friday. Judges around the cou...
Apr 25, 2025
Quebec government says 'Go Habs Go!' expression is part of province's identity
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has stepped in to defend the phrase "Go Habs Go!" French-language Minister Jean-Franois Roberge says the slogan is part of the DNA and identity of Quebec and has been ...
Apr 25, 2025 A bus is seen with the expression "Allez! Canadiens Allez!" in Montreal on Thursday, April 24, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Ontario's new mining bill is a 'vendetta' against species at risk: environmentalists
TORONTO - Ontario is moving to gut protections for endangered plants and animals as part of a mining bill, environmental groups say, with some calling it the most comprehensive attack on the province'...
Apr 25, 2025
Ex-US Rep. George Santos sentenced to over 7 years in prison for fraud and identity theft
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) - Disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos was sentenced Friday to over seven years in prison, sobbing as he learned his punishment for the crimes that led to his expulsion fr...
Apr 25, 2025
Ottawa posts $19.3-billion deficit for April-to-February period of 2024-25
OTTAWA - The federal government posted a budgetary deficit of $19.3 billion for the April-to-February period of its 2024-25 fiscal year. The result compared with a deficit of $17.3 billion reported fo...
Apr 25, 2025 The Canada flag blows on the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, June 28, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Canada's envoy to Vatican: Pope Francis funeral will unite a rare range of humanity
OTTAWA - Canada's ambassador to the Holy See says the Vatican will be the capital of the world Saturday during the funeral of Pope Francis, who earned the respect of vastly different people. "Rome wil...
Apr 25, 2025
Tuition frozen, grants rise in two-year funding deals for Nova Scotia universities
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's 10 universities have signed new two-year conditional funding agreements with the provincial government that include an undergraduate tuition freeze and an increase in operating...
Apr 25, 2025
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