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Biden regulators target transaction-declined fees, considered another type of bank 'junk fee'

Biden regulators target transaction-declined fees, considered another type of bank 'junk fee'

NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden administration proposed banning another type of bank “junk fee” on Wednesday, targeting fees that are typically charged by banks when a transaction is declined in real time.
Emergencies Act ruling reopens emotional debate two years after huge protests

Emergencies Act ruling reopens emotional debate two years after huge protests

OTTAWA — A judge's ruling that the federal Liberals were unjustified in using emergency law to quell a weeks-long protest in Ottawa has left the administrator of a downtown church feeling the court disregarded infringements of her rights.
Union warns of new 72-hour Metro Vancouver bus strike if deal isn't reached next week

Union warns of new 72-hour Metro Vancouver bus strike if deal isn't reached next week

VANCOUVER — The union representing transit supervisors for Coast Mountain Bus Company has announced it will launch a new 72-hour strike stopping Metro Vancouver buses from operating if a tentative agreement on a new contract isn't reached by next wee
Sweden getting closer to NATO membership is 'pretty exciting' for Canada: Blair

Sweden getting closer to NATO membership is 'pretty exciting' for Canada: Blair

OTTAWA — Sweden is inching closer to joining NATO, and Defence Minister Bill Blair says that's "pretty exciting" for Canada.
Trump's live appearances pose a riddle that news executives still haven't solved

Trump's live appearances pose a riddle that news executives still haven't solved

NEW YORK (AP) — Even as Donald Trump seeks his third straight Republican presidential nomination, his live appearances still present an unsolved riddle for many news outlets: How do you cover him? The question hung in the air as CNN, MSNBC and some s
The primaries have just begun. But Trump and Biden are already shifting to a November mindset

The primaries have just begun. But Trump and Biden are already shifting to a November mindset

NEW YORK (AP) — Barely 400,000 votes have been cast in two rural Republican primaries over the span of eight days. But both Donald Trump and Joe Biden are behaving like their parties' nominees already.
Wisconsin's Democratic governor promises to veto last-ditch Republican redistricting effort

Wisconsin's Democratic governor promises to veto last-ditch Republican redistricting effort

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic Gov.
'It's like a jail': Halifax encampment residents choose tents over new $3M shelter

'It's like a jail': Halifax encampment residents choose tents over new $3M shelter

HALIFAX — People living in a downtown Halifax encampment say they feel safer sleeping in tents rather than in a newly opened $3-million shelter that one unhoused resident says is “like a jail.
Ontario public servants awarded additional pay in wake of Bill 124 ruling

Ontario public servants awarded additional pay in wake of Bill 124 ruling

TORONTO — Ontario public servants have won additional pay increases of 6.5 per cent - the latest in a series of retroactive pay decisions for workers affected by a wage restraint law that was found unconstitutional.
Universities say calling for genocide against Jews violates rules, silent on Israel

Universities say calling for genocide against Jews violates rules, silent on Israel

OTTAWA — Calling for the genocide of the Jewish people would violate school policies on antisemitism, Canada's major universities say — but they are largely quiet on whether urging the eradication of the state of Israel would meet the same standard.
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