Sarah Mills: I don't want to live in a world where people are shot for their opinions
Sarah Mills says she was no follower of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, but the idea that people are being killed ov...
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Mississippi legislators won't smooth the path this year to restore voting rights after some felonies
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Kenneth Almons says he began a sentence in a Mississippi prison just two weeks after graduating from high school, and one of his felony convictions - for armed robbery - stripped...
Apr 17, 2024
Manitoba Tories say premier's promise to control food prices has rung hollow
WINNIPEG - Manitoba's Opposition Progressive Conservatives say the NDP government's promise to crack down on rising grocery prices has proven to be an empty threat. Interim Tory leader Wayne Ewasko po...
Apr 17, 2024
B.C. government earmarks $300M to help TransLink buy more buses, reduce overcrowding
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is paying up to $300 million in new capital funding to help TransLink, Metro Vancouver's transit provider, add more buses to its fleet. Transportation Minister Rob Fleming...
Apr 17, 2024
Alberta health minister confirms capacity strain after neonatal doctors sound alarm
EDMONTON - Alberta's health minister says the province has "a bit of strain" in neonatal intensive care unit capacity but that there are beds available across the province. Health Minister Adriana LaG...
Apr 17, 2024
Appeals court leaves temporary hold on New Jersey's county line primary ballot design in place
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday affirmed a lower court's decision to order New Jersey Democrats scrap a ballot design widely viewed as helping candidates with establishment ba...
Apr 17, 2024
PQ leader's allusion to deportations, executions a threat to social cohesion: MP
OTTAWA - A senior Quebec Liberal MP says he deplores the tone taken by the leader of the Parti Qubcois, who referenced "deportations and executions" of francophones to justify the party's push for ind...
Apr 17, 2024
What measures were missing from the 2024 federal budget
TORONTO - The federal budget tabled on Tuesday introduced $53 billion in new spending, but not everyone got what they were looking for. Here's a look at some of the measures not included in the Libera...
Apr 17, 2024
Health minister pitches dental-care changes to get dentists onside
OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland announced tweaks to Ottawa's new dental-care plan Wednesday in a bid to get more dentists, hygienists and oral-health care providers to participate. Dental and hy...
Apr 17, 2024
'Heart breaks': Advocates say new disability benefit still leaves people in poverty
A new disability benefit that was supposed to be a historic move to lift people out of poverty turned out to be a disappointment in the federal budget, advocates say. "My heart breaks for people who a...
Apr 17, 2024
Florida's Bob Graham dead at 87: A leader who looked beyond politics, served ordinary folks
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A leader like Bob Graham would be a unicorn in the hyper-partisan politics of today. The former Florida governor and U.S. senator wasn't a slick, slogan-spouting politician. H...
Apr 17, 2024
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Murray Wood: Why most of us are Switzerland when it comes to culture war debates
As society becomes more and more divided, Murray Wood says a lot of his friends are just trying to stay neutral, as ther...
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