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Former Google executive ends longshot bid for Dianne Feinstein's US Senate seat in California

Former Google executive ends longshot bid for Dianne Feinstein's US Senate seat in California

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former California tech executive is ending her longshot campaign for the U.S. Senate seat once held by the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, she announced Tuesday.
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Liberal MP apologizes for linking Poilievre to Winnipeg shootings

Liberal MP apologizes for linking Poilievre to Winnipeg shootings

OTTAWA — A Metro Vancouver Liberal MP apologized on Tuesday for a social-media post that questioned whether there was a link between Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and a fatal shooting in Manitoba.
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Michigan will implement ambitious clean energy mandates with goal of carbon-free electricity by 2040

Michigan will implement ambitious clean energy mandates with goal of carbon-free electricity by 2040

LANSING, Mich.
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In new challenge to indictment, Trump's lawyers argue he had good basis to question election results

In new challenge to indictment, Trump's lawyers argue he had good basis to question election results

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump had a “good faith” basis to question the results of the 2020 election, his lawyers said in demanding that prosecutors turn over any evidence related to voting irregularities and potential foreign interference in the con
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Nikki Haley wins backing from powerful Koch network as she aims to take on Trump

Nikki Haley wins backing from powerful Koch network as she aims to take on Trump

NEW YORK (AP) — Americans for Prosperity, the political arm of the powerful Koch network, formally endorsed Nikki Haley's presidential campaign on Tuesday, promising to commit its nationwide coalition of activists — and virtually unlimited funds — to
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New Brunswick boosting spending on roads, schools and health-care facilities

New Brunswick boosting spending on roads, schools and health-care facilities

FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government today tabled a $1.2-billion capital budget that sets aside nearly $200 million more than the plan tabled last year.
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Ontario court upholds mandatory math test for new teachers

Ontario court upholds mandatory math test for new teachers

TORONTO — Ontario's top court has upheld the validity of a mandatory math test for new teachers, saying that a lower court decision declaring it unconstitutional was based on preliminary and incomplete data.
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Kitchener Centre residents soon head to polls in provincial byelection

Kitchener Centre residents soon head to polls in provincial byelection

Residents of Kitchener Centre are set to vote Thursday in a provincial byelection, and the candidates for the legislature's three opposition parties agree the main issue is affordability — and that the Tories aren't putting up much of a fight.
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Online streamers should direct 2% of Canadian revenues to local content: Rogers

Online streamers should direct 2% of Canadian revenues to local content: Rogers

Online streaming giants should be forced to contribute two per cent of their annual Canadian revenue to support Canadian and Indigenous content and help level the playing field for local broadcasters, executives from Rogers Communications Inc.
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Ontario to mandate lessons in Grade 10 history course on Holodomor Ukrainian famine

Ontario to mandate lessons in Grade 10 history course on Holodomor Ukrainian famine

TORONTO — Grade 10 students in Ontario will get mandatory education on the Holodomor famine in Ukraine and its impact on the community in Canada as part of their Canadian history course.
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