Mark Carney's election win was a voter decision, not a media plot
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Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge picked up last month in sign of still-elevated prices
WASHINGTON (AP) - An inflation gauge favored by the Federal Reserve increased in January, the latest sign that the slowdown in U.S. consumer price increases is occurring unevenly from month to month. ...
Feb 29, 2024
The future is now: 16- and 17-year-olds win the right to vote in local elections in a Vermont town
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) - A Vermont town has acted on the notion that young voters offer hope for the future, giving 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote next week in local elections. Those who turn 1...
Feb 29, 2024
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in North Dakota's GOP caucuses
WASHINGTON (AP) - North Dakota will hold its Republican presidential caucuses on Monday, the last chance for Donald Trump's rivals for the GOP nomination to slow his momentum heading into Super Tuesda...
Feb 29, 2024
Pennsylvania sets up election security task force ahead of 2024 presidential contest
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Law enforcement agencies, civil defense officials and election administrators have begun meeting in Pennsylvania to coordinate how they will identify and fight election threats ...
Feb 29, 2024
Feds say no carbon rebates for Saskatchewan after province says it won't remit
The federal natural resources minister says Saskatchewan residents won't get a carbon rebate, after the province announced Thursday it would stop remitting the levy on natural gas to Ottawa. Jonathan ...
Feb 29, 2024
Income tax indexing highlights Nova Scotia budget as inflation complaints rise
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia has tabled a $16.5-billion budget that indexes provincial income tax rates to inflation - a move the government said Thursday will provide relief from the province's rising cost ...
Feb 29, 2024
Quebec Appeal Court rules secularism law is constitutional, English schools rebuffed
MONTREAL - The Quebec Court of Appeal ruled Thursday that the province's secularism law is constitutional and a lower court was wrong to exempt English school boards from the law, known as Bill 21. In...
Feb 29, 2024
'Measured choices': Health, education come out ahead in restrained Alberta budget
EDMONTON - Health care and education came out ahead Thursday in a generally restrained Alberta provincial budget forecasting a paper-thin surplus that could easily go up in smoke. "It is a solid budge...
Feb 29, 2024
Liberals take first step toward pharmacare with bill for birth control, diabetes meds
OTTAWA - The governing Liberals took their first major step toward national pharmacare Thursday as the health minister tabled a bill that paves the way for a universal drug program and secures NDP sup...
Feb 29, 2024
Fair treatment of African Nova Scotians at the centre of new prosecution policy
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Crown prosecutors were handed new tools Thursday to root out systemic anti-Black racism long embedded within the province's justice system. After years of study, the province's P...
Feb 29, 2024
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Why Mark Carney's executive edge may not help in federal politics
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Sask.'s only Liberal MP Buckley Belanger joins Evan after his big win, plus open phones on Poilievre's leadership, explo...
