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Social media searches play central role at jury selection for Trump's first criminal trial
NEW YORK (AP) - When the first batch of potential jurors was brought in for Donald Trump's criminal trial this week, all the lawyers had to go on to size them up at first were their names and the answ...
Apr 17, 2024
Climate change concerns grow, but few think Biden's climate law will help, an AP-NORC poll finds
Like many Americans, Ron Theusch is getting more worried about climate change. A resident of Alden, Minnesota, Theusch has noticed increasingly dry and mild winters punctuated by short periods of seve...
Apr 17, 2024
Ontario legislature bans wearing of keffiyehs; Ford wants decision reversed
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford is calling for a reversal of a ban on keffiyehs in the legislature. Ford says the decision was made by Speaker Ted Arnott alone and "needlessly divides" the people ...
Apr 17, 2024
Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation members set to vote on 'final' government offer
REGINA - A months-long labour dispute between teachers in Saskatchewan and the province appears closer to being resolved. The provincial government says it has reached a tentative agreement with the S...
Apr 17, 2024
Poland's president becomes the latest leader to visit Donald Trump as allies eye a possible return
NEW YORK (AP) - Former President Donald Trump met Wednesday in New York with Polish President Andrzej Duda, the latest in a series of meetings with foreign leaders as Europe braces for the possibility...
Apr 17, 2024
Democrats clear path to bring proposed repeal of Arizona’s near-total abortion ban to a vote
PHOENIX (AP) - Democrats in the Arizona Senate cleared a path to bring a proposed repeal of the state's near-total ban on abortions to a vote after the state's highest court concluded the law can be e...
Apr 17, 2024
Here's more about Ottawa's plan to turn post offices, historic armouries into housing
OTTAWA - A 1970s Canada Post building in Alberta and stone Quebec City army barracks dating back to 1856 are just some of the public lands the Liberal government plans to turn into homes. The idea, ou...
Apr 17, 2024
Manitoba Tories to delay passage of bills, angering provincial labour group
WINNIPEG - Manitoba's Opposition Progressive Conservatives are delaying passage of four bills at the legislature, prompting an angry response from a labour leader. The legislature rules allow the Oppo...
Apr 17, 2024
Canadian university teachers fear Alberta gatekeeping bill threatens academic freedom
EDMONTON - A national organization of post-secondary teachers is calling on Alberta to either change a proposed gatekeeping bill or scrap it altogether. The bill would give the province the right to v...
Apr 17, 2024
Métis Nation Saskatchewan pulls support for Liberals' belaboured self-government bill
OTTAWA - The Mtis Nation - Saskatchewan is pulling its support for a federal bill that proposes to enshrine its self-government over concerns about the other two groups it recognizes. President Glen M...
Apr 17, 2024
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