Politics

Alberta government backbencher booted from caucus over threat to vote against budget

EDMONTON — Alberta's governing United Conservatives have booted a rural backbencher from caucus following his public opposition to the government's proposed budget.

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Trump order denies student loan relief to nonprofit workers engaged in 'improper' activity

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is ordering changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program that would disqualify workers of nonprofit groups deemed to have engaged in “improper” activities.

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A single day of Trump and Musk's cost-cutting campaign remakes huge sections of government

WASHINGTON (AP) — A series of decisions revealed Friday provided a glimpse of the turmoil engulfing federal agencies since President Donald Trump and Elon Musk launched their campaign of disruption, upending how government functions in ways big and s

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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Kevin Hassett, director of the White House National Economic Council; Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.; Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers.

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Poilievre takes aim at Carney as he calls for changes to Conflict of Interest Act

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on Friday pledged to amend the Conflict of Interest Act to require that party leadership candidates make financial disclosures similar to those cabinet ministers must make — closing what Poilievre calls t

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The Latest: Trump administration rejects the UN’s 2030 sustainability goals

In a speech before the United Nation’s General Assembly, a representative of President Donald Trump ’s administration rejected the U.N.’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Edward Heartney, a minister-counselor at the U.S.

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Alberta keeping sanctions in place until threat of U.S. tariffs ends: Smith

EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith says Alberta’s trade sanctions on the United States will stay in place until U.S. President Donald Trump drops the threat of tariffs.

Mar 7, 2025 5:30 PM Read more >

Trump Organization sues Capital One for closing bank accounts after Jan. 6 attack on US Capitol

MIAMI (AP) — A company owned by President Donald Trump sued Capital One on Friday, claiming the bank unjustifiably terminated over 300 of the Trump Organization's accounts without cause in 2021, shortly after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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B.C. shipyard awarded $3.15 billion government contract to build icebreaker

VANCOUVER — A British Columbia company has been given a $3.15 billion contract to build one of two icebreaker ships for the Canadian Coast Guard.

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Feds refuse protection order for southern resident orcas, rejecting ministers' advice

OTTAWA — The federal government is rejecting the recommendations of two of its own ministers and refusing to issue an emergency order protecting southern resident killer whales from "imminent threats" to their survival.

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