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Ottawa's foreign aid chief eyes red tape, visibility as Canada resists cutbacks

Ottawa's foreign aid chief eyes red tape, visibility as Canada resists cutbacks

OTTAWA — The MP overseeing foreign aid says Canada must take a more efficient, more visible approach to development and humanitarian assistance to make the case for maintaining aid spending as the United States pulls back.
Manitoba plan to upgrade intersection where bus crash killed 17 faces opposition

Manitoba plan to upgrade intersection where bus crash killed 17 faces opposition

CARBERRY — Bureaucrats and consultants got an earful from local residents Wednesday night as they presented their preferred safety upgrade to a highway intersection where a crash killed 17 people in 2023.
Zohran Mamdani's wife Rama Duwaji is an animator, illustrator and ceramicist. And they met on Hinge

Zohran Mamdani's wife Rama Duwaji is an animator, illustrator and ceramicist. And they met on Hinge

NEW YORK (AP) — Rama Duwaji’s Election Day post on Instagram was only four words long, but said all it needed to say: “couldn’t possibly be prouder.
Kennedy says US is pulling funding from global vaccine group Gavi

Kennedy says US is pulling funding from global vaccine group Gavi

LONDON (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the country is pulling its support from the vaccines alliance Gavi , saying the organization has “ignored the science" and “lost the public trust.
Key Medicaid provision in Trump's tax cut and spending bill is found to violate Senate rules

Key Medicaid provision in Trump's tax cut and spending bill is found to violate Senate rules

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate parliamentarian has advised that a Medicaid provider tax overhaul central to President Donald Trump's tax cut and spending bill does not adhere to the chamber's procedural rules, delivering a crucial blow as Republicans r
Music history is littered with projects planned, anticipated, even completed - and then scrapped

Music history is littered with projects planned, anticipated, even completed - and then scrapped

NEW YORK (AP) — The idea that Bruce Springsteen wrote, recorded and ultimately shelved entire albums of music may seem odd to the casual listener.
Buy Now, Pay Later loans will soon affect some credit scores

Buy Now, Pay Later loans will soon affect some credit scores

NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of millions of ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ loans will soon affect credit scores for millions of Americans who use the loans to buy clothing, furniture, concert tickets, and takeout.
Couche-Tard CEO sees speedier timeline in potential deal for 7-Eleven owner

Couche-Tard CEO sees speedier timeline in potential deal for 7-Eleven owner

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. executives say the recent process they've adopted to try to buy the owner of 7-Eleven has helped negotiations and perhaps even sped things up. The Laval, Que.
Supreme Court has 6 cases to decide, including birthright citizenship

Supreme Court has 6 cases to decide, including birthright citizenship

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is in the final days of a term that has lately been dominated by the Trump administration's emergency appeals of lower court orders seeking to slow President Donald Trump's efforts to remake the federal government.
Corus Entertainment cuts employee costs by 7% in Q3 as TV revenue struggles continue

Corus Entertainment cuts employee costs by 7% in Q3 as TV revenue struggles continue

TORONTO — Corus Entertainment Inc. slashed seven per cent of employee costs in its most recent quarter, as the company says it will continue to look for savings amid an advertising revenue slump.