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Alberta judge calls for public inquiry to answer questions on inmate death
EDMONTON - A judge is calling for a public inquiry into an Edmonton inmate's death, saying it's the only way to get to the bottom of three guards' actions that day amid concerns they were running a pr...
Mar 26, 2025
Party leaders reach out to seniors, autoworkers as campaigns focus on Ontario, Quebec
OTTAWA - Federal party leaders aimed their pitches at seniors, low-income voters and autoworkers Wednesday as their campaigns focused on the key battlegrounds of Ontario and Quebec. Conservative Leade...
Mar 26, 2025
N.S. legislature sitting marked by moves to consolidate power: political scientist
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia legislature has wrapped up a winter sitting that a political scientist says was marked by government moves to increase cabinet's authority and shrink the legislature's abilit...
Mar 26, 2025
B.C. energy minister says treaty not a 'bargaining chip' in U.S. trade dispute
VICTORIA - British Columbia Energy Minister Adrian Dix says U.S. President Donald Trump's claims about Canada supplying water through the Columbia River Treaty are "not accurate," and the U.S. can man...
Mar 25, 2025
Democrats keep control of Pennsylvania House with election win; GOP Senate district sees close race
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Democrat Dan Goughnour handily won a special election in western Pennsylvania on Tuesday, keeping majority control of the state House in his party's hands by a single seat. Goug...
Mar 25, 2025
U.S. plan to restore Russian fertilizer market funds Ukrainian death: Premier Moe
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says a plan by the United States to restore Russia's ability to sell fertilizer is a backchannel that funds Ukrainian death and suffering. "This is the most dis...
Mar 25, 2025
B.C. to bring in legislation to end its carbon tax on consumers starting April 1
VICTORIA - British Columbia's government says it will table legislation on Monday that eliminates the consumer carbon tax in the province. It says in a statement that the tax will be removed April 1, ...
Mar 25, 2025
Trump signs order seeking to overhaul US elections, including requiring proof of citizenship
NEW YORK (AP) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a sweeping executive action to overhaul elections in the U.S., including requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in fede...
Mar 25, 2025
Saskatchewan government introduces bill to apply sales tax on vaping products
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government has introduced legislation that would apply the provincial sales tax of six per cent to vaping products. Finance Minister Jim Reiter says the tax aims to discourag...
Mar 25, 2025
US Vice President JD Vance to join his wife in Greenland on Friday
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance said that he's joining his wife on a Friday trip to Greenland, suggesting in an online video that global security is at stake. "We're going to check out ...
Mar 25, 2025
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