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Big NDP names exit before B.C. election. What does that mean for the party?
VANCOUVER - The New Democrats are campaigning for another term in British Columbia's provincial election but without many of the familiar faces that have graced lawn signs of elections past. About a q...
Sep 30, 2024
A list of Quebec language law sections that bilingual municipalities want struck down
A group of 23 bilingual municipalities in Quebec has asked a Superior Court judge to suspend the application of several portions of the province's 2022 language reform, known as Bill 96. Lawyer Julius...
Sep 30, 2024
Survivors call for reversal of Canada's 'cut' to residential school search spending
OTTAWA - Residential school survivors say the federal government is keeping the truth about those institutions in the dark by cutting back on funding for records and ground searches looking for unmark...
Sep 30, 2024
Judge strikes down Georgia ban on abortions, allowing them to resume beyond 6 weeks into pregnancy
ATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia judge on Monday struck down the state's abortion law, which took effect in 2022 and effectively prohibited abortions beyond about six weeks of pregnancy. Fulton County Superio...
Sep 30, 2024
New Brunswick election: Relations between province, Indigenous Peoples in spotlight
FREDERICTON - The October New Brunswick election loomed over events on Monday marking the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a public commemoration of the painful legacy of the residential sch...
Sep 30, 2024
A 'weird' debate: vice-presidential hopefuls to face off ahead of razor-thin election
WASHINGTON - Tim Walz and JD Vance are set to face off Tuesday in the only debate for the vice-presidential hopefuls during the razor-thin race to November's election. Walz, the Democratic governor of...
Sep 30, 2024
Biden administration doubles down on tough asylum restrictions at border
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration said Monday it is making asylum restrictions at the southern border even tougher, as it's increasingly eager to show voters uneasy over immigration that it i...
Sep 30, 2024
Indigenous-related capital markets activity set to grow significantly, report says
TORONTO - Canada is poised to see significant growth in Indigenous-related project financing, international credit rating agency Morningstar DBRS said Monday. In a report released on the fourth annual...
Sep 30, 2024
Joly targets polarization in UN speech, urges liberals to reclaim the word 'freedom'
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly is asking members of the United Nations to counter growing political polarization abroad while taking shots at Conservative rhetoric at home. Joly put wom...
Sep 30, 2024
B.C. Conservative Leader Rustad vows to 'unleash potential' for Indigenous prosperity
The federal government has been "absent" and failing to live up to commitments to First Nations on housing and clean water, and a B.C. Conservative government would fix the problems, then send Ottawa ...
Sep 30, 2024
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Sarah Mills: Canada is getting a taste of FIFA's World Cup demands
Sarah Mills says a full motorcade with a police escort for the FIFA president is unnecessary, but it shows that the orga...
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