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Lawmakers on edge as statehouse security tightens after Minnesota shootings
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Anxious lawmakers convened Wednesday under heightened security in Wisconsin’s state Capitol, one of the most publicly accessible statehouses in the country, days after a legislator and her husband in neighboring Minnesota were shot and killed at their home and others were targeted. The tension playing out in Wisconsin and other states…
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California senators demand Trump immigration officials stop using Medicaid data
WASHINGTON (AP) — California’s two U.S. senators demanded on Wednesday that the Trump administration stop using personal data of millions of Medicaid enrollees — including their immigration status — as part of its sweeping deportation campaign. In a letter to top administration officials, Democratic Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla expressed alarm over an Associated…
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Mystery of the Missing Lake – Waswanipi investigates the sudden drainage of Lac Rouge
In the quiet hours of May 7, when many Waswanipi members had scattered to bush camps for Goose Break, a massive landslide hurtled towards Lac Rouge on William Dixon’s trapline W26. Two days later, his son Freddie Dixon discovered that the lake had completely disappeared. Eagles and crows scavenged the remains. “It happened all of…
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Donald Trump goes from calm to indignant in newly released deposition video of civil fraud lawsuit
NEW YORK (AP) — Months before Donald Trump’s defiant turn as a witness at his New York civil fraud trial, the former president came face-to-face with the state attorney general who is suing him when he sat for a deposition last year at her Manhattan office. Video made public Friday of the seven-hour, closed-door session…
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Internal documents suggest Alberta Energy Regulator underestimated oil well liability
Internal documents from Alberta’s energy regulator suggest the province’s environmental liability for hundreds of thousands of oil and gas wells could be nearly triple the figure the agency announced earlier this week. In a report released Wednesday, the Alberta Energy Regulator said the cost of cleaning up the province’s 466,000 wells would be $33.3 billion.…
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Texas AG Paxton won’t contest facts of whistleblower lawsuit central to his 2023 impeachment
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sought to end a whistleblower lawsuit by former top staff members on Thursday, announcing his agency would not contest the facts of the case and would accept any judgement. The lawsuit was brought by a group of former top deputies. They alleged they were improperly fired…
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Tens of thousands of Ukrainians expected to come to Canada in the next few months
Settlement agencies are preparing for the arrival of tens of thousands of Ukrainians before the end-of-March deadline for those fleeing the Russian invasion to enter Canada on emergency visas. The federal government has issued 936,293 temporary emergency visas since March 2022 for Ukrainians who want to work or study in Canada while they wait out…
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Toronto Zoo says staff personal info stolen in ransomware cyberattack
The Toronto Zoo says it believes personal information of its current, former and retired employees was stolen in a ransomware cyberattack first detected earlier this month. The zoo says the information includes past earnings information, social insurance numbers, birthdates, phone numbers and addresses of employees going as far back as 1989. It says that based…
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Ottawa worried about ‘chill’ in ethnic communities over research security: memos
Federal officials were wary of creating a chill within ethnic communities and rattling Canada’s bilateral relations as they fleshed out next steps to secure vital scientific research, internal documents show. The details of those steps were shared in greater detail on Tuesday, when the federal government released a list of sensitive research areas and the…
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Canada’s new research security rules target institutions in China, Iran, Russia
The federal government will not bankroll sensitive scientific research tied to dozens of schools, institutes and labs in China, Iran and Russia under new restrictions announced Tuesday. Among the 11 strategically important research areas are artificial intelligence and big data technology, quantum science and aerospace and satellite systems. Ottawa is concerned that foreign adversaries are…
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P.E.I. opposition is asking for answers about feasibility of new medical school
While construction continues on the University of Prince Edward Island’s new medical school, the leader of the opposition says Islanders deserve answers on how the school will affect an already strained health system. P.E.I. interim Liberal Leader Hal Perry said “multiple red flags” brought up by the province’s outgoing health authority CEO and a report…