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Alberta rural municipalities say $43M in energy industry taxes went unpaid last year
EDMONTON - Some energy companies are still failing to pay millions of dollars in taxes, says a survey released this week by the Rural Municipalities of Alberta. Oil and gas producers missed $43 millio...
Feb 28, 2024
Online harms: Civil liberty, law critics say stiffer hate crime sentences 'troubling'
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is proposing "draconian penalties" in the Criminal Code as part of its sweeping plan to target online hate, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association warns. Justice Mini...
Feb 28, 2024
Quebec launches helpline, looks for other ways to stop politicians from quitting
RIVIRE-DU-LOUP, Que. - The Quebec government says it is not ruling out punitive measures for people who harass elected officials, as the province strives to stop an exodus of politicians from municipa...
Feb 28, 2024
Appellate judge refuses to halt Trump's $454 million fraud penalty while he appeals
NEW YORK (AP) - A New York appellate judge on Wednesday refused to halt collection of Donald Trump's $454 million civil fraud penalty while he appeals, leaving the former president less than a month t...
Feb 28, 2024
Nova Scotia to spend $7.2 million on diabetes care, start funding glucose monitoring
HALIFAX - Nova Scotians with diabetes will soon have access to government funding for glucose monitoring and greater access to the province's insulin pump program. Premier Tim Houston announced Wednes...
Feb 28, 2024
The Biden campaign is launching a nationwide effort to win the women's vote, Jill Biden will lead it
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden 's campaign on Wednesday announced it is launching "Women for Biden-Harris," a new nationwide program to organize and mobilize female voters to give him and Vice ...
Feb 28, 2024
Can conservative Latin American populists motivate the Hispanic vote? Republicans are counting on it
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) - On a recent evening outside Washington, the president of Argentina had the eyes and ears of a conservative crowd that had gathered to listen to Donald Trump. In a raspy voice, Ja...
Feb 28, 2024
Credit rating agency says new funding for Ontario universities a 'stop gap'
TORONTO - Ontario's recent post-secondary funding announcement is only a "stop gap" that will still leave universities struggling, and which may end up hurting the student experience, a global credit ...
Feb 28, 2024
Slow procurement keeps pushing defence spending down the line, PBO report finds
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says the Defence Department is planning unprecedented capital spending in the coming years, raising concerns about the effect of inflation. In a new report, Y...
Feb 28, 2024
Biden 'continues to be fit for duty,' his doctor says, after president undergoes annual physical
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - President Joe Biden "continues to be fit for duty," his doctor wrote Wednesday after conducting an annual physical that is being closely watched as the 81-year-old seeks reelectio...
Feb 28, 2024
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Sarah Mills: Reality TV is not really a break from reality
It's fake, staged and might as well be scripted. Sarah Mills says reality TV is not great entertainment, but we all have...
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