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Ohio's fall redistricting issue sparked a fight over one word. So what is 'gerrymandering,' anyway?

Ohio's fall redistricting issue sparked a fight over one word. So what is 'gerrymandering,' anyway?

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — All the political wrangling over Ohio's Issue 1 , a statewide ballot issue aimed at changing the way the state draws its political maps, has landed voters in a fix.
Lawsuit settlement, collective agreements and Hydro losses drive up Manitoba deficit

Lawsuit settlement, collective agreements and Hydro losses drive up Manitoba deficit

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government posted a deficit in the last fiscal year of $1.97 billion, documents released Friday show. It is the largest in the province's history outside of the COVID-19 pandemic.
CBS News says it will be up to Harris and Walz to fact-check each other in veep debate

CBS News says it will be up to Harris and Walz to fact-check each other in veep debate

NEW YORK (AP) — CBS News, hosting vice presidential candidates JD Vance and Tim Walz for the general election campaign's third debate next week, says it will be up to the politicians — not the moderators — to check the facts of their opponents.
Artists rally behind Montreal concert hall after court orders it to stop making noise

Artists rally behind Montreal concert hall after court orders it to stop making noise

MONTREAL — Benoit Pinette, known by his stage name Tire le coyote, was set to perform his upcoming album at Montreal's La Tulipe concert hall next year.
Ontario education minister to schools ahead of Oct. 7: keep 'biases' out of classroom

Ontario education minister to schools ahead of Oct. 7: keep 'biases' out of classroom

TORONTO — Ontario Education Minister Jill Dunlop is telling school boards to keep classrooms free of "political biases" ahead of the anniversary of a Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the war in Gaza. Dunlop says in a memo to boards that as Oct.

Ohio's fall redistricting issue sparked a fight over one word. So what is 'gerrymandering,' anyway?

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — All the political wrangling over Ohio's Issue 1 , a statewide ballot issue aimed at changing the way the state draws its political maps, has landed voters in a fix.
B.C. Conservatives, NDP have full candidate slates. But it's about more than votes

B.C. Conservatives, NDP have full candidate slates. But it's about more than votes

VANCOUVER — In the last provincial election, the B.C. Conservatives fielded just 19 candidates — and received less than 2 per cent of the vote. Now the party's website lists a full slate of 93 candidates for the Oct. 19 election, covering every B.C.
Wisconsin city's mailing of duplicate absentee ballots raises confusion, questions over elections

Wisconsin city's mailing of duplicate absentee ballots raises confusion, questions over elections

MADISON, Wis.
Supreme Court refuses to order New York to include RFK Jr. on the presidential ballot

Supreme Court refuses to order New York to include RFK Jr. on the presidential ballot

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday refused an emergency appeal from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential campaign seeking to have his name added to New York's ballot.
Ontario's first new nuclear reactor in a generation heads to public hearing

Ontario's first new nuclear reactor in a generation heads to public hearing

BANFF, Alta. — A public hearing slated for next week is the next milestone for what could be Canada's first grid-scale small modular nuclear reactor (SMR). On Oct.