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Union leaders in Quebec denounce proposed labour law they say will unleash chaos
Union leaders from sectors across the province gathered in Quebec City on Sunday to decry a new bill they say could severely limit how unions are allowed to use dues collected from their members. Quebec Labour Minister Jean Boulet tabled the bill, which proposes dividing union dues into mandatory and optional ones. Under the proposed…
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Republicans hyped the Epstein files for years. Now Trump is under pressure to deliver
WASHINGTON (AP) — What began as a campaign-trail promise to release the Jeffrey Epstein files has become one of the most fraught tests of President Donald Trump’s second term — opening a rift in his political coalition and raising the stakes for an administration now under intense pressure to produce documents that may fall far…
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Solutions are slow to come for water crisis plaguing Quebec’s Nunavik region
Most Quebecers have only to twist a tap to get a seemingly endless source of clean water. The reality is completely different in the northern region of Nunavik, where the water supply system faces a host of problems, from bad weather to outdated equipment and labour shortages. Some would be inclined to blame a lack…
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US attorneys for a Russian woman seeking to recover a megayacht target Antigua
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Attorneys for the daughter of a U.S.-sanctioned Russian billionaire asked a U.S. federal court Tuesday for access to the financial records of officials including the prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, whose administration is under scrutiny for seizing and selling the family’s 265-foot (81-meter) megayacht and not releasing documents…
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Close calls at Washington DC airport raise questions about why changes weren’t made before crash
When Congress pushed ahead last year with adding 10 new daily flights to Washington D.C.’s Reagan National Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration had data showing an unnerving number of near misses in the already-crowded skies — something lawmakers apparently did not know. The FAA, which manages the nation’s airspace and oversees aviation safety, had data…
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Abuse of power and lack of transparency among former trustee’s concerns in Valleyview
A Valleyview library board member has resigned, stating the board is abusing its power, lacking transparency, dismissing public input, miscommunicating and intimidating the public. Kelli Reimer resigned as a trustee on social media on March 4, after almost 15 years serving the library in different capacities. “Despite my commitment to advocating for library users and…
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FTC reverses its request for a delay in an Amazon trial, says it has resources to litigate the case
A lawyer for the Federal Trade Commission has walked back his comments about a lack of resources and staff turnover interfering with the agency’s preparations for a trial involving Amazon’s Prime program. FTC lawyer Jonathan Cohen asked a federal judge during a hearing on Wednesday to delay the September trial and relax deadlines in the…
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Nova Scotia NDP urging public to weigh in on the government’s ‘overreaching’ bills
A series of contentious Nova Scotia government bills — including one that would lift a ban on fracking and uranium mining — come before a legislature committee next week, and the province’s Opposition leader is urging the public to make its voice heard. NDP Leader Claudia Chender said people and groups with concerns should attend…
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Cheating scandal shocks ski jumping, topples Olympic champions and shakes Norway’s lofty reputation
GENEVA (AP) — Sign stealing in baseball. Match fixing in soccer. Doping allegations in swimming. Now ski jumping has its own scandal that escalated Wednesday. Cheating by Norway team officials manipulating ski suits has shaken a national reputation for fair play and high-minded principles at their home Nordic world championships, where the host team dominated…
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Schools use AI to monitor kids, hoping to prevent violence. Our investigation found security risks
One student asked a search engine, “Why does my boyfriend hit me?” Another threatened suicide in an email to an unrequited love. A gay teen opened up in an online diary about struggles with homophobic parents, writing they just wanted to be themselves. In each case and thousands of others, surveillance software powered by artificial…
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Risks of state abortion reporting mandates outweigh the benefits, an advocacy group says
States should stop requiring health providers to file reports on every abortion because the information poses a risk to both them and their patients in the current political environment, a research group that advocates for abortion access says. The Guttmacher Institute says in a new recommendation that the benefit of mandated and detailed data collection…