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
In Oregon's Democratic primaries, progressive and establishment wings battle for US House seats
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Two Democratic primaries for U.S. House seats in Oregon could help reveal whether the party's voters are leaning more toward progressive or establishment factions in a critical presidential election year. The state's...
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Ohio voters approved reproductive rights. Will the state's near-ban on abortion stand?
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A county judge could rule as early as Monday on Ohio's law banning virtually all abortions, a decision that will take into consideration the decision by voters to enshrine reproductive rights in the state constitution. ...
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Botanists are scouring the US-Mexico border to document a forgotten ecosystem split by a giant wall
JACUMÉ, México (AP) - Near the towering border wall flanked by a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle, botanist Sula Vanderplank heard a quail in the scrub yelp "chi-ca-go," a sound the birds use to signal they are separated from a mate or group. T...
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Pro-Palestinian sit-in held at U of R
Those that attended called for the end of the war and occupation of Gaza.
May 18, 2024
Riders use Green and White day scrimmage to prepare for 1st preseason game
The Saskatchewan Roughriders used Green and White Day to log some more practise prior to the team's first preseason game. The Riders spent the first hour of on-field activities running a practice at SMF Field in Saskatoon similar to what they have been doing throughout camp thus far. The team didn't elect to do a full ...
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Giuliani becomes final defendant served indictment among 18 accused in Arizona fake electors case
Arizona's attorney general says former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been served an indictment in the state's fake elector case alongside 17 other defendants for his role in an attempt to overturn former President Donald Trump's loss to Joe Biden in...
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Trump receives NRA endorsement as he vows to protect gun rights
DALLAS (AP) - Former President Donald Trump urged gun owners to vote in the 2024 election as he addressed thousands of members of the National Rifle Association, which officially endorsed him just before Trump took the stage at their annual meeting in ...
May 18, 2024
Alice Stewart, CNN political commentator and veteran political adviser, dies at 58
Alice Stewart, a CNN political commentator and veteran political adviser who worked on a number of GOP presidential campaigns, has died at age 58, the news network reported Saturday. Police in northern Virginia told CNN that Stewart's bod...
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