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Minnesota House Democratic and GOP leaders reach power-sharing agreement to end partisan stalemate
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Democratic and Republican leaders of the Minnesota House reached a power-sharing agreement Wednesday night to end a three-week stalemate that the state's chief justice said left...
Feb 06, 2025
Listing crime cartels as terrorists would help in fentanyl fight: RCMP commissioner
OTTAWA - RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme says he welcomes a federal plan to list organized crime cartels as terrorist entities to fight fentanyl trafficking. In an interview, Duheme says listing crimina...
Feb 06, 2025
Alberta’s Smith plans to escalate fight against fentanyl amid threatened U.S. tariffs
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she wants to escalate her province's war on fentanyl.Smith, in a statement, says she's instructed her government to "take immediate steps" to increase police and pr...
Feb 06, 2025
Alberta introduces $200 electric vehicle tax
Albertans will be charged a $200 tax when they register their electric vehicles starting on Thursday.The Alberta government says the tax aligns with what drivers of an internal combustion engine vehic...
Feb 06, 2025
Liberal leadership candidate Karina Gould says party made it 'hard' to run
OTTAWA - Liberal leadership candidate Karina Gould says her campaign is doing everything it can to remain in the race, despite not having deep pockets like her main rivals. Gould says the party establ...
Feb 06, 2025
MPs reject Trump's idea of clearing out Gaza as Israeli minister points to Canada
OTTAWA - Canadian politicians are pushing back on the idea of clearing out Palestinians from the Gaza Strip as an Israeli minister suggests some of them could be sent to Canada. U.S. President Donald ...
Feb 06, 2025
Judge tells Quebec car dealership to rehire man fired for sexual assault conviction
MONTREAL - Quebec's labour tribunal has ordered a car dealership in south-central Quebec to rehire an employee it had fired after he was convicted of sexual assault. Administrative Judge Annie Laprade...
Feb 06, 2025
Quebec tables bill to formally make hockey its 'national' sport
QUBEC - The Quebec government wants to enshrine into law that hockey is the province's "national" sport. Culture Minister Mathieu Lacombe's bill, tabled today, also names the first Saturday in Februar...
Feb 06, 2025
Quebec tables bill to formally make hockey its 'national' sport
QUBEC - The Quebec government wants to enshrine into law that hockey is the province's "national" sport. Culture Minister Mathieu Lacombe's bill, tabled today, also names the first Saturday in Februar...
Feb 06, 2025
PWHL fines Montreal Victoire captain Marie-Philip Poulin for charging
TORONTO - The Professional Women's Hockey League has fined Montreal Victoire captain Marie-Philip Poulin $250 for her hit on New York Sirens forward Jade Downie-Landry. The fine announced Thursday cam...
Feb 06, 2025