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Alberta rainy day Heritage Fund hits $30B after injection of $2.8B from surplus
EDMONTON — Alberta’s rainy-day Heritage Fund is getting an extra $2.8 billion, hitting a record high of $30 billion, which is almost double what it was five years ago.
Jul 18, 2025 3:22 PM
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Trump's attacks on Powell threaten the Fed's independence. Here's why it matters
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has opened up a new front in his attack on the Federal Reserve and its chair, Jerome Powell: He says the alledged mismanagement of a building renovation project could be grounds for firing Powell.
Jul 18, 2025 2:50 PM
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Yukon prepares for vote on possible switch to ranked-ballot elections
The last time Yukon residents voted in a territorial plebiscite it was about allowing the sale of alcohol, this time the vote will be on the equally dizzying question of electoral reform.
Jul 18, 2025 1:34 PM
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For Sale: Trump is leveraging power of his office to reap profits for family businesses
WASHINGTON (AP) — If one theme has emerged in President Donald Trump’s second term, it's this: He's leveraged the power of his office for personal gain unlike anyone before in history.
Jul 18, 2025 1:30 PM
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In American life, a growing and forbidding visual rises: The law-enforcement officer in a mask
NEW YORK (AP) — In a matter of months, it has become a regular sight around the country — immigration enforcement agents detaining people and taking them into custody, often as public anger and outcry unfold around them.
Jul 18, 2025 1:23 PM
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Canada, New Zealand settle trade dispute regarding supply management of dairy sector
OTTAWA — Canada and New Zealand have settled a trade dispute over Ottawa's dairy-sector protections that regulate the cost and supply of products such as milk and cheese.
Jul 18, 2025 1:20 PM
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Canadian Union of Postal Workers urges workers to reject contract offer
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is urging workers to reject Canada Post's latest contract offer, saying a government-imposed vote on the Crown corporation's "best and final" offer sets a dangerous precedent.
Jul 18, 2025 12:41 PM
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Trump's birthright citizenship order remains blocked as lawsuits march on after Supreme Court ruling
BOSTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's plan to end birthright citizenship for the children of people who are in the U.S. illegally will remain blocked as an order from one judge went into effect Friday and another seemed inclined to follow suit. U.S.
Jul 18, 2025 12:35 PM
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Man accused of stockpiling bombs, using Biden photo for target practice, pleads guilty
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man pleaded guilty Friday in a federal case that accused him of stockpiling the largest number of finished explosives in FBI history and of using then-President Joe Biden’s photo for target practice.
Jul 18, 2025 12:11 PM
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Judge restores Democrat to Federal Trade Commission, ruling her firing by Trump was illegal
A federal judge has restored a Democrat to the Federal Trade Commission , ruling that President Donald Trump illegally fired her earlier this year in his efforts to exert control over independent agencies across the government. U.S.
Jul 18, 2025 12:05 PM
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