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Musk's straight-arm gesture embraced by right-wing extremists regardless of what he meant
NEW YORK (AP) - Right-wing extremists are celebrating Elon Musk's straight-arm gesture during a speech Monday, although his intention wasn't totally clear and some hate watchdogs are saying not to rea...
Jan 21, 2025
B.C. First Nations leader reverses stance on pipeline as Trump tariff threat looms
VANCOUVER - The president of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs is reversing his previous opposition to the scrapped Northern Gateway pipeline project that would have created another route for Alberta's oi...
Jan 21, 2025
Mark Carney secures four more key endorsements in race to become Liberal leader
OTTAWA - Liberal leadership hopeful Mark Carney has secured the endorsements of four more current and former cabinet ministers. On Tuesday, Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu, Crown-Indigenous R...
Jan 21, 2025
Smith says taxpayers must be protected from lawsuits as Alberta lifts coal moratorium
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province had taxpayers in mind when it decided to lift a ban on new coal exploration and development on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains. Sp...
Jan 21, 2025
White House cheers release of two Americans freed in a swap with Taliban brokered by Biden, Qatar
WASHINGTON (AP) - A prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan's Taliban freed two Americans in exchange for a Taliban figure imprisoned for life in California on drug trafficking and ter...
Jan 21, 2025
Cutting energy to U.S. in response to Trump tariffs is 'absurd,' says Bloc leader
OTTAWA - The leader of the Bloc Qubcois says Canada is playing with fire by suggesting it could cut oil or electricity exports to the United States if President Donald Trump makes good on his promise ...
Jan 21, 2025
Alberta's Smith doubles down on diplomatic approach as U.S. tariffs expected Feb. 1
EDMONTON - As a possible Feb. 1 deadline looms for the United States to impose punishing tariffs on Canadian goods, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she's sticking to her diplomatic approach to try...
Jan 21, 2025
As inflation ticks lower to 1.8% in December, economists expect further BoC rate cuts
OTTAWA - Canada's annual inflation rate ticked lower in December, thanks in part to Ottawa's temporary GST tax break, but economists still see interest rate cuts on the horizon as potential tariffs lo...
Jan 21, 2025
Liberal leadership hopefuls distance themselves from carbon pricing
OTTAWA - The three frontrunners in the Liberal leadership race have all backed away - to one degree or another - from the Liberal government's keystone climate policy in a bid to take a major Conserva...
Jan 21, 2025
Stop 'warehousing' seniors and build small homes for long-term care: aging institute
TORONTO - Before Allan Dugas moved into long-term care, he feared he'd be forced to share a bedroom in an impersonal, institutional building, where a regimented schedule would dictate when he ate and ...
Jan 21, 2025
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