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Democrats hope Biden could get a boost from down-ballot races under Wisconsin's new legislative map
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin's presidential primary Tuesday clears the way for a general election campaign that Democrats see as an opportunity unlike any in recent state history. New legislative di...
Mar 31, 2024
Nunavut celebrates 25th anniversary with optimism but also housing concerns
IQALUIT, Nunavut - P.J. Akeeagok was a teenager in a tiny hamlet on the tip of Ellesmere Island, watching with anticipation when Nunavut was officially born. Twenty-five years later, he is the premier...
Mar 31, 2024
Ukrainians with Canadian visas face agonizing decisions about the future
OTTAWA - It was 4:40 in the morning when bombs started to drop on Lilyia Dvornichenko's hometown of Kharkiv in Ukraine, just an hour from the Russian border. Her jaw is set and her tone is matter-of-f...
Mar 31, 2024
Former US Rep. William Delahunt of Massachusetts has died at age 82
Longtime U.S. Rep. William D. Delahunt of Massachusetts, a Democratic stalwart who postponed his own retirement from Washington to help pass former President Barack Obama's legislative agenda, has die...
Mar 31, 2024
The Trump camp and the White House clash over Biden's recognition of 'Transgender Day of Visibility'
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is facing criticism from Donald Trump's campaign and religious conservatives for proclaiming March 31 - which corresponds with Easter Sunday this year - as "Trans...
Mar 30, 2024
Biden wins the North Dakota Democratic primary
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - President Joe Biden has won North Dakota's Democratic presidential primary. The state party on Saturday announced the results of the mostly mail-in primary. The party began circu...
Mar 30, 2024
Solar eclipse expected to bring largest tourist crowd in Niagara Falls history: mayor
The chance to observe a natural celestial spectacle alongside one of the Seven Wonders of North America is expected to draw about a million people to Niagara Falls, Ont., for next month's solar eclips...
Mar 30, 2024
Canadian Armed Forces deployed to Jamaica to help train CARICOM troops
OTTAWA - A few dozen Canadian Armed Forces members have been deployed to Jamaica to train Caribbean Community troops for a mission intended to restore order in Haiti. A news release from the Departmen...
Mar 30, 2024
Some of Trump's allies in Congress already support his 2025 ideas on deportations and Jan. 6 pardons
WASHINGTON (AP) - As Donald Trump campaigns on promises of mass deportations and pardons for those convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, his ideas are being met with little pushback and ...
Mar 30, 2024
LGBTQ-inclusive church in Cuba welcomes all in a country that once sent gay people to labor camps
MATANZAS, Cuba (AP) - Proudly wearing a rainbow-colored clergy stole and a rainbow flag in her clerical collar, the Rev. Elaine Saralegui welcomed all to her LGBTQ+ inclusive church in the Cuban port ...
Mar 30, 2024
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Sarah Mills: Accountability is a word some elected officials seem to be forgetting
From four people walking away from the RM of Sherwood council with little to no explanation to the reaction of some coun...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 28
8:30 - The war involving Iran has increased uncertainty in global energy markets, largely because the Strait of Hormuz h...