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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Poilievre tight-lipped on what Conservatives might do with capital gains tax changes
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is telling business leaders to fight their own battles when it comes to the Liberals' proposed changes to capital gains taxation. But even as he character...
May 05, 2024
Macklem tries to stay out of the fray as MPs do their best to use him to score points
OTTAWA - Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem navigates a political minefield every time he testifies before the House of Commons finance committee. Four times a year, members of Parliament get the ch...
May 05, 2024
Montreal launches cruise season with ship that protected 1,500 Ukrainian refugees
MONTREAL - Cruise ship Staff Capt. Rakesh Prasad can't forget the traumatized expressions on the faces of hundreds of Ukrainians who boarded Holland America's Volendam in April 2022. The 1,500 refugee...
May 04, 2024
TransAlta cancels wind power project over new government rules on development
CALGARY - A major Alberta utility has cancelled a large wind power project in response to new government rules on where such developments can be built. TransAlta CEO John Kousinioris said Friday the 3...
May 03, 2024
Democratic officials criticize Meta ad policy, saying it amplifies lies about 2020 election
ATLANTA (AP) - Several Democrats serving as their state's top election officials have sent a letter to the parent company of Facebook, asking it to stop allowing ads that claim the 2020 presidential e...
May 03, 2024
Three groups are suing New Jersey to block an offshore wind farm
LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - Three anti-wind power groups are suing New Jersey to overturn a key environmental approval for a wind energy farm planned off the coast of Long Beach Island. Save Long...
May 03, 2024
Google, Justice Department make final arguments about whether search engine is a monopoly
WASHINGTON (AP) - Google's preeminence as an internet search engine is an illegal monopoly propped up by more than $20 billion spent each year by the tech giant to lock out competition, Justice Depart...
May 03, 2024
Yellen says threats to democracy risk US economic growth, an indirect jab at Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) - Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen argues that a fractured democracy can have destructive effects on the economy - an indirect jab at Donald Trump. Yellen delivered an address Friday in...
May 03, 2024
London Drugs rebuilding infrastructure after cybersecurity breach
VANCOUVER - Retailer London Drugs says it's rebuilding its data infrastructure with the help of leading third-party experts to bring its operations safely back online after a cybersecurity incident th...
May 02, 2024
Campaign to legalize sports betting in Missouri gets help from mascots to haul voter signatures
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri's professional sports teams on Thursday turned in more than 340,000 voter signatures to put a ballot proposal to legalize sports betting before voters this November...
May 02, 2024
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8:30 - Israel launched a strike on Hamas's headquarters in Qatar Tuesday, killing five members of the group. This attack...