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Missouri sports betting ballot measure highlights national debate about tax rates
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The ads promoting a ballot measure to legalize sports betting…
Transportation minister looks for provinces, territories to collaborate on car thefts
OTTAWA — The federal transportation minister says national co-operation is needed to close loopholes criminals…
Amanda Todd’s family joins American parents in lawsuit against social media giants
WASHINGTON — When B.C. teenager Amanda Todd sat in front of her computer and detailed…
Montreal dockworkers hold one-day strike to put pressure on employer
MONTREAL — Dockworkers at the Port of Montreal walked off the job early Sunday for…
Missouri sports betting ballot measure highlights national debate about tax rates
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The ads promoting a November ballot measur e to legalize…
Monthly food bank use soars to record 2 million, driven by cost of groceries, housing
TORONTO — Josephine Sindani’s first memory of using a food bank is a happy one.…
Poilievre promises to abolish federal sales tax on new homes under $1 million
OTTAWA — A Conservative government would scrap the federal sales tax on new homes sold…
Toronto FC takes first steps on ‘total rebuild,’ leaves forward Prince Owusu in limbo
TORONTO — Toronto FC, taking the first steps in what’s been billed as a “total…
Brian Williams and Amazon are asking election night news-seekers to take a leap of faith with them
Let no one accuse Brian Williams of trying to lower expectations a week before his…
Florida works to bring back tourism to its Gulf Coast following hurricanes Helene and Milton
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tourism officials on Florida’s Gulf Coast say one of the…
Parti Québécois wants robots, automation to replace temporary immigrants
MONTREAL — The Parti Québécois says it would lean on robots and automation to replace…
‘Baffling’: MP says Alberta minister made false claims about pandemic bill
EDMONTON — A Liberal member of Parliament says he’s baffled by the Alberta United Conservative…
Florida works to bring back tourism to its Gulf Coast following hurricanes Helene and Milton
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tourism officials on Florida’s Gulf Coast say one of the…
Google exempt from Online News Act for five years, must pay news outlets $100M: CRTC
OTTAWA — The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has granted Google a five-year exemption from…
Seminole Tribe settles legal challenges to online sports gambling exclusivity in Florida
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Seminole Tribe of Florida and a group of businesses…
First of six units begin generating power at B.C.’s Site C dam
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — BC Hydro says the massive Site C dam project in…
Fake content is getting harder to detect but Hinton has an idea to make it easier
TORONTO — Artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton says it’s getting more difficult to tell videos,…
Owner Jeff Bezos defends Washington Post’s decision not to endorse as the right, ‘principled’ one
NEW YORK (AP) — Billionaire Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos on Monday defended the newspaper’s…
Erykah Badu celebrated as fashion icon at CFDA Awards after years of pushing boundaries
NEW YORK (AP) — Erykah Badu was bestowed the fashion icon award by the Council…
Vinyl thrives at United Record Pressing as the nation’s oldest record maker plays a familiar tune
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — During the six decades since United Record Pressing stamped out the…
Newspaper non-endorsements at Washington Post, LA Times fit a trend, but their readers aren’t happy
The number of newspapers endorsing a candidate for president has dwindled with the industry’s financial…
Erykah Badu celebrated as fashion icon at CFDA Awards after years of pushing boundaries
NEW YORK (AP) — Erykah Badu was bestowed the fashion icon award by the Council…
Scott Moe: The conservative who began as a left-winger with a lights-out hockey shot
Scott Moe is a conservative premier who began life as a left-winger with a shot…
Vinyl thrives at United Record Pressing as the nation’s oldest record maker plays a familiar tune
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — During the six decades since United Record Pressing stamped out the…