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Ontario education minister to schools ahead of Oct. 7: keep 'biases' out of classroom

Ontario education minister to schools ahead of Oct. 7: keep 'biases' out of classroom

TORONTO — Ontario Education Minister Jill Dunlop is telling school boards to keep classrooms free of "political biases" ahead of the anniversary of a Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the war in Gaza. Dunlop says in a memo to boards that as Oct.
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Ohio's fall redistricting issue sparked a fight over one word. So what is 'gerrymandering,' anyway?

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — All the political wrangling over Ohio's Issue 1 , a statewide ballot issue aimed at changing the way the state draws its political maps, has landed voters in a fix.
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B.C. Conservatives, NDP have full candidate slates. But it's about more than votes

B.C. Conservatives, NDP have full candidate slates. But it's about more than votes

VANCOUVER — In the last provincial election, the B.C. Conservatives fielded just 19 candidates — and received less than 2 per cent of the vote. Now the party's website lists a full slate of 93 candidates for the Oct. 19 election, covering every B.C.
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Wisconsin city's mailing of duplicate absentee ballots raises confusion, questions over elections

Wisconsin city's mailing of duplicate absentee ballots raises confusion, questions over elections

MADISON, Wis.
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Supreme Court refuses to order New York to include RFK Jr. on the presidential ballot

Supreme Court refuses to order New York to include RFK Jr. on the presidential ballot

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday refused an emergency appeal from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential campaign seeking to have his name added to New York's ballot.
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Ontario's first new nuclear reactor in a generation heads to public hearing

Ontario's first new nuclear reactor in a generation heads to public hearing

BANFF, Alta. — A public hearing slated for next week is the next milestone for what could be Canada's first grid-scale small modular nuclear reactor (SMR). On Oct.
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Supreme Court refuses to order New York to include RFK Jr. on the presidential ballot

Supreme Court refuses to order New York to include RFK Jr. on the presidential ballot

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday refused an emergency appeal from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential campaign seeking to have his name added to New York's ballot.
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New Brunswick election: Tories accuse Liberals of plagiarizing their platform

New Brunswick election: Tories accuse Liberals of plagiarizing their platform

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs is accusing the Liberals of plagiarizing portions of his party's election platform.
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Wisconsin city's mailing of duplicate absentee ballots raises confusion, questions over elections

Wisconsin city's mailing of duplicate absentee ballots raises confusion, questions over elections

MADISON, Wis.
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N.S. government revises deficit forecast higher, citing softening tax revenues

N.S. government revises deficit forecast higher, citing softening tax revenues

HALIFAX — In what's become a September pattern in Nova Scotia politics, the province's finance minister is again projecting a bigger deficit than estimated in the spring budget.
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