Biden: What’s good for families can also be good for economy
CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. (AP) — President Joe Biden pitched his proposed investments in families and education at an Illinois community college on Wednesday, telling residents of the swing district that what's good for families is also good for the economy. ...
AFN national chief vote goes to second day after three ballots and no winner
OTTAWA — The election for national chief of the Assembly of First Nations will go to a second day of voting and a fourth ballot after no candidates reached the necessary 60 per cent threshold to claim victory. The final two
‘Elbows will come up’: Trudeau meets face to face with Kenney and Nenshi in Calgary
CALGARY — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau literally rubbed elbows with Alberta's premier and Calgary's mayor Wednesday for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic before making a major transit announcement and downplaying some of the premier's concern...
Panel to explore ‘carbon budget’ as net-zero idea
OTTAWA — The co-chair of an expert panel designed to advise Canada on how to reach net-zero emissions says it is exploring the idea of creating budgets for greenhouse gas emissions. Dan Wicklum says the net-zero advisory body authored a report
Jagmeet Singh looks West to retake lost turf in B.C., but hurdles dot the path
OTTAWA — Under the shade of Douglas fir and western hemlock, Jagmeet Singh pulled up to Burnaby Central Park one day last week to greet constituents and gear up for his first campaign-style tour of the summer. Ahead of a likely
Aussie treasurer: National interests come first with China
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia will always put its national interests ahead of economic interests in its troubled relationship with China, a senior Australian lawmaker said Wednesday after a White House official predicted Sino-Australian tensions...
Bodies of plane crash victims found in Russia’s Far East
MOSCOW (AP) — Rescuers have found the bodies of 19 victims a day after a plane crash in a remote area in Russia's Far East, the authorities said.
‘Replacing the money’: public funds didn’t increase oil well cleanups, study suggests
Much of the taxpayer money that has funded oil well cleanup in Alberta may have simply replaced money that energy companies would have spent anyway, according to a new analysis. That means the public is likely paying for private companies' pollution,
Dilip Kumar, Bollywood’s great ‘Tragedy King,’ dies at 98
NEW DELHI (AP) — Bollywood icon Dilip Kumar, hailed as the “Tragedy King” and one of Hindi cinema's greatest actors, died Wednesday in a Mumbai hospital after a prolonged illness. He was 98.
In hunt for infrastructure deal, every Dem has leverage
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a crucial moment for Democrats, party leaders are hunting for a sweet spot that would satisfy their rival moderate and progressive wings on legislation to finance President Joe Biden’s multitrillion-dollar agenda of bolstering the ...