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Ontario budget set for March 26; minister says no tax increases
TORONTO - Ontario's finance minister says he will present the province's next budget on March 26 with no tax increases. The fiscal plan will outline how the government is "rebuilding Ontario's economy...
Mar 07, 2024
Underfunding driving burnout crisis in Canada's women's shelters, new report finds
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Sparse, inadequate funding is driving a burnout crisis among staff at women's shelters and transition homes across the country, says a report released Thursday by a national non-pro...
Mar 07, 2024
Judge will hear conspiracy argument in trial of Freedom Convoy organizers
OTTAWA - An Ontario court judge will entertain arguments that Freedom Convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber acted as co-conspirators as part of their criminal trial, she announced in a decisi...
Mar 07, 2024
Canada asking weapons-makers for plans to ramp up ammunition production
OTTAWA - Canada is giving two weapons manufacturers millions of dollars to come up with a plan to make more 155 mm ammunition as the war in Ukraine drags on. Defence Minister Bill Blair made the annou...
Mar 07, 2024
More Black women say abortion is their top issue in the 2024 election, a survey finds
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than a quarter of female Black voters describe abortion as their top issue in this year's presidential election, a poll out Thursday from health policy research firm KFF reveals...
Mar 07, 2024
Biden to call in State of the Union for business tax hikes, middle class tax cuts and lower deficits
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is going into Thursday's State of the Union address with an expanded plan to raise corporate taxes and use the proceeds to trim budget deficits and cut taxes for ...
Mar 07, 2024
State of the Union guests spotlight divide on abortion and immigration but offer some rare unity
The invitation list for President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on Thursday speaks volumes about what Democrats and Republicans want to focus on as the 2024 election season heats up. Biden an...
Mar 07, 2024
MPs to move on AI bill without testimony from Canadian companies: business group
OTTAWA - The Canadian Chamber of Commerce says it is seriously concerned Canadian businesses weren't able to testify on proposed federal artificial intelligence legislation. While the House of Commons...
Mar 07, 2024
Seven states and events miles apart: How the Trump and Biden campaigns approach a rematch
ATLANTA (AP) - Joe Biden and Donald Trump each won the White House by razor-thin margins in key states. Now, with a reprise of their bitter 2020 campaign all but officially set after Super Tuesday, th...
Mar 06, 2024
Biden uses feisty State of the Union to contrast with Trump, sell voters on a second term
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden delivered a defiant argument for a second term in his State of the Union speech Thursday night, lacing into GOP front-runner Donald Trump for espousing "resentmen...
Mar 06, 2024
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Floor crossing should be a choice between sitting as an independent or running in a byelection
Sarah Mills says floor crossing from any party in the House of Commons just one year into a mandate shouldn't be allowed...
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