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Favorable views of Kamala Harris have risen this summer heading into the DNC, AP-NORC poll shows
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Kamala Harris is entering the Democratic National Convention with increased excitement from Democrats and a steady rise in her favorability ratings among Americans as ...
Aug 18, 2024
Municipalities ask Ontario to appoint minister for housing needs, addiction
OTTAWA - Ontario municipalities are asking the province to appoint a minister to tackle homelessness as leaders sound the alarm on the growing housing, mental health and addictions needs of their comm...
Aug 18, 2024
Calgary pipe woes flag 'dire need' for infrastructure upgrades: municipalities group
CALGARY - The condition of infrastructure across the country is dire and action needs to be taken now to prevent the kind of massive water pipe break that continues to plague Alberta's biggest city, s...
Aug 18, 2024
Democrats look to build on Kamala Harris's momentum at national convention
WASHINGTON - A reinvigorated Democratic party is gathering in Chicago for its national convention looking to build on the momentum of recent weeks after U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris moved to the ...
Aug 18, 2024
Gov. Gen. names broadcaster Charles Adler, hospital executive Tracy Muggli to Senate
OTTAWA - Veteran broadcaster Charles Adler and Saskatchewan hospital executive Tracy Muggli are Canada's latest independent senators, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Saturday. Adler came to Ca...
Aug 17, 2024
Will women embrace Kamala Harris? Experts say she's injecting a 'shot of adrenalin'
WASHINGTON - The Swifties4Kamala group is on the march. Popstar Charlie XCX declared that "Kamala is brat." A Beyonc song plays at the beginning of packed campaign rallies. The Democratic presidential...
Aug 17, 2024
Ottawa removes funding caps for residential school searches
OTTAWA - The federal government is backtracking on a move to limit funding for searches of former residential school grounds. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree said in a statemen...
Aug 16, 2024
Yukon minister says there's still 'hope' for gold mining to continue at disaster site
WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government hopes mining can eventually restart at the site of the Eagle Gold mine disaster, despite calls from the Na-Cho Nyak Dun First Nation to halt mining activity on its tr...
Aug 16, 2024
Ontario education minister Todd Smith resigns for private sector job
TORONTO - Ontario Education Minister Todd Smith resigned his seat and from cabinet Friday to accept a job in the private sector less than three months after being given the education portfolio, prompt...
Aug 16, 2024
Broke and broken: Report says Canada's public transit in critical funding state
OTTAWA - A new analysis warns that Canada's major cities are struggling to keep their transit systems running, and says public transit is heading for a "downward spiral" unless major new streams of op...
Aug 16, 2024
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