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Nova Scotia Tories appear safe with close battle for second between Liberals and NDP
HALIFAX - With two days left before Nova Scotians elect their next government, polls suggest Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston's decision to call an early vote will pay off and the real batt...
Nov 24, 2024
'It's an optimistic space:' Inside Toronto's new drug withdrawal centre
TORONTO - Joshua Orson sits on the edge of a bed in a bright, clean room, thinking about his journey from addict to health-care worker. The room is part of a new, 36-bed detox space in downtown Toront...
Nov 24, 2024
Trump taps Rollins as agriculture chief, completing proposed slate of Cabinet secretaries
WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he will nominate former White House aide Brooke Rollins to be his agriculture secretary, the last of his picks to lead executive agenc...
Nov 23, 2024
Trump taps Rollins as agriculture chief, completing proposed slate of Cabinet secretaries
WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he will nominate former White House aide Brooke Rollins to be his agriculture secretary. Rollins, who heads the Trump-allies America F...
Nov 23, 2024
Canada's top general takes on U.S. senator in defending womens' role in combat units
HALIFAX - Canada's top general firmly rejected the notion of dropping women from combat roles - a position promoted by president-elect Donald Trump's nominee for defense secretary - at a security foru...
Nov 23, 2024
Suspended Bev Priestman makes first public comments in wake of drone-spying scandal
Suspended soccer coach Bev Priestman has broken her silence, saying she hopes something positive comes out of the ongoing Canadian drone-spying scandal. "I hope out of a really tough situation, this i...
Nov 23, 2024
Ottawa delivers apology, $45M in compensation for Nunavik Inuit dog slaughter
OTTAWA - The federal government has apologized for its role in the killing of sled dogs in Nunavik between the mid-1950s and the late 1960s. In Kangiqsujuaq, a Nunavik village in Northern Quebec, Crow...
Nov 23, 2024
What a Texas border county flipping red after a century means for American politics
RIO GRANDE CITY - Efrain Garcia points to the large Donald Trump flag waving outside his Rio Grande City home in South Texas, not far from the United States border with Mexico. The 84-year-old flashes...
Nov 23, 2024
Colleges and universities face job cuts, deficits amid international student cap
Ontario's colleges and universities say the federal government's cap on international students is taking a toll on the higher education sector as some schools face growing deficits, layoffs and, in at...
Nov 23, 2024
Trump chooses Bessent to be treasury secretary, Vought as budget chief, Chavez-DeRemer for Labor
WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that he'll nominate hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction, to serve as his next treasury secretary. Trump ...
Nov 22, 2024
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Guest host Tamara Cherry hears from Carla Beck on protecting the province. She also discusses AI bots, cutting fuel tax,...