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Federal invasive species fund opens to new projects
VANCOUVER - The federal government is set to begin accepting proposals to spend the remaining money in a multimillion-dollar fund aimed at fighting invasive species across Canada. Fisheries Minister J...
May 26, 2023
Unions holds rally in Iqaluit as housing authority strike nears 70-day mark
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Northern unions are calling on the federal government to stop the use of replacement workers as a strike by unionized staff with the Iqaluit Housing Authority nears the 70-day mark....
May 26, 2023
Muslim, civil liberties groups challenge Quebec school prayer room ban in court
MONTREAL - A civil rights organization and a national Muslim advocacy group are the latest to launch a legal challenge of Quebec's decree banning prayer rooms in public schools. The National Council o...
May 26, 2023
New system will bring families of immigrants to Canada faster: Fraser
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says the government is using a new system to bring spouses, children and parents of recent immigrants to Canada more quickly. Family members who want to move ...
May 26, 2023
Americans should be exempt from Canada's foreign housing tax, members of Congress say
WASHINGTON - A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is urging the State Department to ask that Americans be exempted from Canada's tax on foreign property owners. The group has written to Secretary of S...
May 26, 2023
GOP-led Texas House to vote Saturday on possible impeachment of state Attorney General Ken Paxton
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas House of Representatives will vote Saturday on whether to impeach state Attorney General Ken Paxton, an investigating panel announced Friday. The House will consider a r...
May 26, 2023
Aide: North Dakota Gov. Burgum running for GOP presidential nomination
Two-term North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, a former computer software entrepreneur, is running for the Republican presidential nomination, a political aide familiar with the plans told The Associated Pre...
May 26, 2023
Residential school memorial in downtown Vancouver closed after Indigenous ceremony
VANCOUVER - The City of Vancouver says it has closed a residential school temporary memorial but will continue working with area First Nations to find a permanent space to honour victims and survivors...
May 26, 2023
Auger-Aliassime, Andreescu lead Canadian singles hopes at French Open
The Canadian tennis scene reached new heights in recent years thanks to a young core of domestic talent that broke through on the sport's biggest stages. A cooling-off period appears to have settled i...
May 26, 2023
PETERS: Was Dix's announcement on cancer care an oasis of hope or just another mirage?
IT'S HARD TO LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH, but even so, there was a lot of tooth measurement going on when Health Minister Adrian Dix came to Kamloops Thursday (May 25). Dix was here to announce a l...
May 26, 2023
