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 Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson...
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 look at the law. What is Bill 21? Bill 21 was passed ...
Feb 29, 2024
House rejects Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's effort to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, but chaos lingers
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hardline Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene tried and failed in a brazen push to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, but the resounding rejection by Democrats and Republicans does not guarantee an end to the political chaos. One o...
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Defense attacks Stormy Daniels' credibility as she returns to the stand in Trump's hush money trial
NEW YORK (AP) - Stormy Daniels will return to the witness stand Thursday in Donald Trump's hush money trial as the defense tries to undermine the credibility of the porn actor's salacious testimony about their alleged sexual encounter and the money she...
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Union push pits the United Farm Workers against a major California agricultural business
In a meeting room at a hotel in California's crop-rich Central Valley, a fight is taking place that could help shape the future of farm labor in fields that grow a chunk of the country's food. The battle between a unit of the Wonderful Co...
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Barron Trump, 18, to make political debut as Florida delegate to the Republican convention
MIAMI (AP) - Former President Donald Trump's youngest son, Barron Trump, has been chosen to serve as a Florida delegate to the Republican National Convention, the state party chairman said Wednesday. Republican Party of Florida chairman E...
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B.C. government networks hit by 'sophisticated cybersecurity incidents': Eby
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby said late Wednesday that the province had identified "sophisticated cybersecurity incidents" involving government networks. A government source later said the incidents were related to a directive to all pr...
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Michigan former clerk and attorney charged after alleged unauthorized access to 2020 voter data
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan's attorney general announced charges Wednesday against a former township clerk and a lawyer who had supported attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, alleging they accessed voting systems witho...
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Saskatchewan education minister considering school year extension amid teachers vote
REGINA - Saskatchewan's education minister is being accused of trying to influence a teachers vote after saying he's not ruling out extending the school year should educators reject his offer and take job action. Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation pres...
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Pete McCloskey, GOP congressman who once challenged Nixon, dies at 96
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Pete McCloskey - a pro-environment, anti-war California Republican who co-wrote the Endangered Species Act and co-founded Earth Day - has died. He was 96. A fourth-generation Republican "in the mold of Teddy Roosevel...
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House rejects Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's effort to remove Speaker Mike Johnson from office
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hardline Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene tried and failed in sudden action Wednesday to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, her long-shot effort swiftly and resoundingly rejected by Democrats and Republicans tired of the political chaos. ...
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B.C. drug use advocates warn decriminalization change may cause more drug deaths
VANCOUVER - Health Canada's decision to allow British Columbia to again prohibit the use of illicit drugs in most public spaces will cause more deaths, the executive director of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users says. "This is a bad move for bo...
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