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Biden blasts GOP 'wacko notions' amid debt limit standoff
ACCOKEEK, Md. (AP) - President Joe Biden lambasted Republicans' emerging trade-off plans to raise the nation's debt limit only in exchange for budget cuts on Wednesday, declaring that GOP lawmakers ar...
Apr 19, 2023
Cost of carbon emissions nearly five times higher than previously thought: analysis
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says a new analysis of the social cost of carbon emissions suggests the cost of greenhouse-gas emissions is nearly five times higher than was previously...
Apr 19, 2023
Minister's sister-in-law steps down as ethics watchdog after committee launches probe
OTTAWA - The sister-in-law of a Liberal cabinet minister has stepped down as the interim ethics commissioner a day after a House of Commons committee agreed to investigate her appointment. Martine Ric...
Apr 19, 2023
Canada's Henderson, Szeryk prepare for new-look Chevron Championship in Texas
Even after appearing in 42 majors - and winning two - Brooke Henderson is still learning how to balance the pressure and opportunity of playing in the biggest tournaments of the women's golf season. H...
Apr 19, 2023
'Get back to work': Leafs pick up the pieces after ugly Game 1 loss to Lightning
TORONTO - Sheldon Keefe calmly went over strategy and tactics. The Maple Leafs head coach also put on his amateur psychologist's hat in the wake of a disastrous playoff opening. Toronto not only fell ...
Apr 19, 2023
Cuba's parliament ratifies President Díaz-Canel for new term
Cuba's National Assembly ratified President Miguel Daz-Canel on Wednesday for a new five-year term, in a decision to maintain continuity as the island faces a deep economic crisis. More than 400 repre...
Apr 19, 2023
B.C. First Nation sues port firm, others for disrupting ancestral remains
VANCOUVER - The Bonaparte First Nation in British Columbia's Interior is suing a shipping port company and several others, claiming railway infrastructure development has destroyed and disturbed its a...
Apr 19, 2023
Alberta Multiculturalism council member who resigned over antisemitic posts apologizes
CALGARY, AB - A Calgary Realtor who resigned from Alberta's new multiculturalism council this week is apologizing for sharing an antisemitic image on social media. Tariq Khan offered his resignation t...
Apr 19, 2023
Funding provided for housing and shelter spaces in Alberta
TABER, AB - The provincial and federal governments are providing funding to 18 different organizations to support housing initiatives.The $2.1 million in funding is through the Canada-Alberta Bilatera...
Apr 19, 2023
Edmonton Oilers ask fans to 'refrain from throwing things on the ice' at Rogers Place
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers are asking their fans to not turn cups and containers into projectiles at Rogers Place after a beverage nearly hit Los Angeles Kings captain Anze Kopitar in the aftermat...
Apr 19, 2023