Politics

Justin Trudeau tweets invitation to Taylor Swift asking her to bring tour to Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appears to be a secret Swiftie, after tweeting an invitation to superstar Taylor Swift asking her to bring her Eras tour to Canada Swift announced Wednesday that she is adding another 14 European and U.K.

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Pence says Trump and DeSantis do not understand broader importance of US military aid to Ukraine

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov.

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CBC News retracts report alleging email interference by Alberta premier's office

EDMONTON — CBC News is retracting a report alleging someone in Premier Danielle Smith’s office emailed Crown prosecutors to question and challenge the handling of cases involving COVID-19 protests in Alberta that blocked traffic at a U.S.

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In Trump case, Justice Dept. unseals previously blacked-out portions from search warrant application

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Wednesday disclosed some of the previously blacked-out portions of a warrant application it submitted last year to gain authorization to search former President Donald Trump's Florida property for classifie

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B.C. health registry expansion aims to connect patients with family doctors: minister

VICTORIA — British Columbia is expanding a registry program provincewide in an effort to connect more patients with available family doctors, Health Minister Adrian Dix said Wednesday.

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City councillor in Merritt, B.C., struck and killed in apparent hit-and-run: mayor

The community of Merritt, B.C., is mourning the death of a city councillor whom Mayor Michael Goetz described as a "light" and a driving force in her work. Goetz had been working with Coun.

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Manitoba government says searching landfill for remains of Indigenous women too risky

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government appeared to all but shut the door Wednesday on a proposed search for the remains of two slain Indigenous women believed to be in a landfill north of Winnipeg.

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Feds, Stellantis reach deal over battery plant in Windsor, construction to restart

Stellantis and LG Energy Solution announced Wednesday that their electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor, Ont., is back on track after reaching a "binding" financing deal with the governments of Canada and Ontario.

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Connecticut lawmaker attacked after Muslim service says she sustained multiple physical injuries

A Connecticut state legislator who was attacked last month as she left a Muslim prayer service made her first public comments about the incident on Wednesday, saying she sustained multiple physical injuries from what she described as an attempted sex

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Rep. Adam Schiff, censured by GOP-led House, raises $8.1 million for his California Senate race

LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff's Senate campaign said Wednesday that the California Democrat had raised $8.1 million over the past three months, a period that includes his recent censure by the Republican-led House.

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