Sarah Mills: Does this Canada Day feel different due to 'elbows up' attitude?
Does Canada Day feel different this year? Sarah Mills says we should be cheering harder for Canada than ever due to our ...
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Vancouver mayor disappointed by new location for overdose prevention site
VANCOUVER - The mayor of Vancouver says the city is disappointed about the new location of an overdose prevention site in the downtown core. Ken Sim says in a news release that the city was not consul...
Apr 03, 2024
Indiana House Democratic leader to run for mayor of Fort Wayne following death of Tom Henry
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana Democratic House leader state Rep. Phil GiaQuinta intends to run for Fort Wayne mayor in an upcoming caucus to replace the city's late mayor who died last week, an adviser ...
Apr 03, 2024
B.C. government targets 'profiteers' with legislation to bring in 20% flipping tax
VICTORIA - British Columbia has tabled legislation to enact a 20 per cent flipping tax on those who sell their home within the first year of ownership. Finance Minister Katrine Conroy told the legisla...
Apr 03, 2024
Biden faces protest over his support for Israel during White House meeting
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden has faced protests over the conflict in Gaza all over the country, but this week he confronted one inside the White House itself. The occasion was a private meeti...
Apr 03, 2024
Nebraska lawmaker who targeted a colleague during a graphic description of rape is reprimanded
A Nebraska lawmaker who invoked the name of a colleague while reading a graphic account of rape on the floor of the Legislature violated the body's workforce sexual harassment policy, an outside inves...
Apr 03, 2024
Massachusetts council approves pardoning people with misdemeanor cannabis convictions
BOSTON (AP) - A Massachusetts council on Wednesday approved Gov. Maura Healey's plan to pardon tens of thousands of people convicted of misdemeanor marijuana charges going back decades. The pardons ap...
Apr 03, 2024
Judge rejects Donald Trump's request to delay hush-money trial until Supreme Court rules on immunity
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump's bid to delay his April 15 hush money criminal trial until the Supreme Court rules on presidential immunity claims he raised in another of h...
Apr 03, 2024
US Sen. Rick Scott spends multiple millions on ads focused on Florida's Hispanic voters
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Rick Scott is spending millions to reach out to Florida's Hispanic voters, a key voting group for his November reelection campaign that has grown to lean more he...
Apr 03, 2024
BC Hydro wants more clean power to help meet demand, clean energy targets
VICTORIA - BC Hydro is looking for more clean power to add to its grids as electricity demands are expected to increase by 15 per cent in the next six years. The Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carb...
Apr 03, 2024
Trump and the Republican Party say they raised more than $65.6 million in March
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump and the Republican Party said Wednesday that they raised more than $65.6 million in March as the former president became the presumptive nominee and installed new party le...
Apr 03, 2024
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Murray Wood says he's still trying to avoid buying anything made in the U.S.A., along with travel south of the border, b...
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