Murray Wood: Sask. farmers pay the price for Ottawa's gopher ban
Gophers are chewing through crops and profits, and farmers blame Ottawa's strychnine ban. They say the damage is out of ...
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Writer E. Jean Carroll's lawyers urge judge to reject Trump's request to postpone $83.3M jury award
NEW YORK (AP) - Lawyers for E. Jean Carroll urged a judge Thursday to reject former President Donald Trump's efforts to avoid posting security to secure an $83.3 million defamation award won by the wr...
Feb 29, 2024
Pornhub operator broke privacy law by failing to ensure valid consent, watchdog finds
OTTAWA - The Montreal-based operator behind Pornhub and other pornographic websites broke the law by enabling intimate images to be shared without direct knowledge or consent, the federal privacy watc...
Feb 29, 2024
Ottawa gives Bruce Power up to $50M to explore new nuclear plant
OTTAWA - Nuclear operator Bruce Power is set to receive up to $50 million from the federal government to explore building a new nuclear plant on the site of its existing Ontario facility. Federal Ener...
Feb 29, 2024
Bill 21: Five things about the province's contentious secularism law
MONTREAL - Quebec's secularism law, known as Bill 21, has faced numerous court challenges since it was adopted nearly five years ago, with the Quebec Court of Appeal the latest to weigh in. Here's a l...
Feb 29, 2024
Trump appeals judge's decision to remove his name from Illinois primary ballot
CHICAGO (AP) - Attorneys for former President Donald Trump have appealed a Cook County judge's decision ordering election officials to remove the Republican's name from Illinois' March 19 primary ball...
Feb 29, 2024
Thunder Bay getting $20.7 million from Ottawa to fast-track housing development
THUNDER BAY, Ont. - The northern Ontario city of Thunder Bay is set to receive $20.7 million in federal funding to help fast-track housing development. Speaking in the city Thursday, Prime Minister Ju...
Feb 29, 2024
Ottawa repurposing $10.5B to hike spending on health care, housing over three years
OTTAWA - The federal government will repurpose $10.5 billion over the next three years from the budgets of 69 departments, agencies and Crown corporations, Treasury Board President Anita Anand said Th...
Feb 29, 2024
Justin Amash announces Republican bid for Michigan US Senate seat after having previously left GOP
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Former U.S. Rep. Justin Amash, who left the GOP in 2019 after calling for the impeachment of then-President Donald Trump, announced a Republican bid for Michigan's U.S. Senate se...
Feb 29, 2024
Harris will tout apprenticeships in a swing state visit to Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Vice President Kamala Harris plans to return to the swing state of Wisconsin next week for an event touting worker apprenticeship programs, the White House announced Thursday. The...
Feb 29, 2024
2022 killing spree: Quebec coroner makes call for specialized mental-health tribunal
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner has issued a final report into the violent deaths of three people who were shot at random in the Montreal area by a mentally ill man in 2022, recommending the province look...
Feb 29, 2024
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