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Leaders in profile: A look at Saskatchewan Party's Scott Moe and NDP's Carla Beck

Leaders in profile: A look at Saskatchewan Party's Scott Moe and NDP's Carla Beck

REGINA — Saskatchewan's general election has been called, with voting day on Oct. 28. Here's a look at the leaders of the two main parties: Scott Moe, Saskatchewan Party Age: 51. Born July 31, 1973, in Prince Albert, Sask.
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Carla Beck: Social worker, school trustee seeking job as next Saskatchewan premier

Carla Beck: Social worker, school trustee seeking job as next Saskatchewan premier

LANG, SASK. — Carla Beck steps out of her SUV with her two dogs and starts walking beside a lake near her hometown, the spot where she learned to feed cows, swing a bat and not keep her mouth shut.
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Scott Moe: the conservative who began as a left-winger with a lights-out hockey shot

Scott Moe: the conservative who began as a left-winger with a lights-out hockey shot

SHELLBROOK, Sask. — Scott Moe is the conservative premier who began life as a left-winger with a shot so hard, it was lights out — literally.
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Canadian MPs join Australian, New Zealand peers in pushing for Palestine statehood

Canadian MPs join Australian, New Zealand peers in pushing for Palestine statehood

OTTAWA — Canadian members of Parliament are working with their colleagues in Australia and New Zealand to try and convince their respective governments to jointly recognize Palestinian statehood.
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Navigating US presidential politics, Zelenskyy met Trump and Harris. Now comes a harder part

Navigating US presidential politics, Zelenskyy met Trump and Harris. Now comes a harder part

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is back home leading Ukraine’s fight against Russia after a U.S. trip that brought him face to face with the American leaders who will help decide his country’s future.
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Democratic donors prop up far-right candidates including Wisconsin gun activist in Senate race

Democratic donors prop up far-right candidates including Wisconsin gun activist in Senate race

WASHINGTON (AP) — David Steinglass, a wealthy donor, has supported scores of Democrats running for office and calls himself an activist for transgender rights. So his donation earlier this year to a far-right candidate in Wisconsin’s U.S.
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Jimmy Carter at 100: A century of changes for a president, the US and the world since 1924

Jimmy Carter at 100: A century of changes for a president, the US and the world since 1924

Already the longest-lived of the 45 men to serve as U.S. president, Jimmy Carter is about to reach the century mark. The 39th president , who remains under home hospice care , will turn 100 on Tuesday, Oct.
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Trial on new Georgia election certification rules set to begin

ATLANTA (AP) — A trial is set to get underway Tuesday on a lawsuit filed by Democrats challenging two new rules passed by the Georgia State Election Board that have to do with county certification of election results.
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How one preschool uses PAW Patrol to teach democracy

How one preschool uses PAW Patrol to teach democracy

ANNANDALE, Va. (AP) — As lawmakers voted on a budget deal at the U.S. Capitol, a different kind of balloting was taking place a dozen miles away in a sun-filled Virginia preschool classroom .
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Jimmy Carter and hometown of Plains celebrate the 39th president's 100th birthday

Jimmy Carter and hometown of Plains celebrate the 39th president's 100th birthday

ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter is preparing to celebrate his 100th birthday on Tuesday, the first time an American president has lived a full century and the latest milestone in a life that took the son of a Depression-era farmer to the White House and
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