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Halifax takes first steps to designate seat on council for Mi'kmaq representation

Halifax takes first steps to designate seat on council for Mi'kmaq representation

Halifax is taking the first steps toward designating a Mi’kmaq seat on its municipal council.
Freeland says feds will strike 'challenging' balance in fall budget update

Freeland says feds will strike 'challenging' balance in fall budget update

OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said Tuesday the government's fall economic statement will focus on housing and affordability within a fiscally responsible framework. "That is a challenging balance to strike.
Remembrance Day ceremony in Halifax moves across harbour due to homeless camp

Remembrance Day ceremony in Halifax moves across harbour due to homeless camp

HALIFAX — The Remembrance Day ceremony normally held at Halifax’s Grand Parade is being moved across the harbour because the grounds are being used as a tent encampment for homeless people.
Ecology group says Nova Scotia coastal protection legislation needs to be proclaimed

Ecology group says Nova Scotia coastal protection legislation needs to be proclaimed

HALIFAX — A Halifax-based environmental group wants provincial legislation passed in 2019 immediately brought into force of law to protect Nova Scotia’s coastlines.
The 19 people accused of trying to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia to keep Trump in power

The 19 people accused of trying to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia to keep Trump in power

ATLANTA (AP) — Four of the 18 people charged alongside former President Donald Trump with participating in an illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia have now negotiated deals with prosecutors, pleading gui
Houston mayoral candidate Jackson Lee regretful after recording of her allegedly berating staffers

Houston mayoral candidate Jackson Lee regretful after recording of her allegedly berating staffers

HOUSTON (AP) — U.S. Rep.
Georgia prosecutors are picking up cooperators in the Trump 2020 election case. Will it matter?

Georgia prosecutors are picking up cooperators in the Trump 2020 election case. Will it matter?

ATLANTA (AP) — Sidney Powell was present for a now-infamous December 2020 meeting at the White House where participants hatched far-fetched schemes to keep Donald Trump in power and was so tied to the then-president that he once considered naming her
Trump's lawyers file challenges to Washington election subversion case, calling it unconstitutional

Trump's lawyers file challenges to Washington election subversion case, calling it unconstitutional

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump are raising new challenges to the federal election subversion case against him, telling a judge that the indictment should be dismissed because it violates the former president's free speech rights and repre
COVID-19 passports convinced few people to get vaccinated in Quebec, Ontario: study

COVID-19 passports convinced few people to get vaccinated in Quebec, Ontario: study

MONTREAL — COVID-19 vaccine passports in Quebec and Ontario did little to convince the unvaccinated to get the jab and did not significantly reduce inequalities in vaccination coverage, a new peer-reviewed study has found.
Alberta regulator mulls reducing liability of old wells before cleanup certified

Alberta regulator mulls reducing liability of old wells before cleanup certified

The Alberta Energy Regulator is considering allowing oil and gas companies to reduce their environmental liabilities on old well sites before the cleanup is certified complete.
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