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A look at Tim Houston, leader of the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservatives

A look at Tim Houston, leader of the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservatives

HALIFAX — Tim Houston, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia, is seeking a second mandate as premier. Born: April 10, 1970.
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Five key issues as Nova Scotia heads into a provincial election campaign

Five key issues as Nova Scotia heads into a provincial election campaign

HALIFAX — Nova Scotians are set to go to the polls in a provincial election called for Nov. 26 .
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Vance calls Russia an American adversary but won't label Moscow as an enemy

Vance calls Russia an American adversary but won't label Moscow as an enemy

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance says Russia is a U.S. adversary but suggests it's counterproductive to approach Moscow as an enemy.
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Ontario government moves to extend 5.7 cent gas tax cut to June 2025

Ontario government moves to extend 5.7 cent gas tax cut to June 2025

TORONTO — Ontario is moving to extend a 5.7-cent cut to the provincial gas tax until next summer. Premier Doug Ford says his government will soon put forward legislation that, if passed, will keep the tax at nine cents per litre until June 30.
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Vance calls Russia an American adversary but won't label Moscow as an enemy

Vance calls Russia an American adversary but won't label Moscow as an enemy

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance says Russia is a U.S. adversary but suggests it's counterproductive to approach Moscow as an enemy.
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They came to America looking for better lives - and better schools. The results were mixed

They came to America looking for better lives - and better schools. The results were mixed

AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Starting seventh grade at her first American school , facing classes taught entirely in English, Alisson Ramirez steeled herself for rejection and months of feeling lost.
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Georgia prosecutor who brought election case against Trump faces rare Republican challenger

Georgia prosecutor who brought election case against Trump faces rare Republican challenger

ATLANTA (AP) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, the Democratic Georgia prosecutor who brought charges against former President Donald Trump over efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, faces a rare Republican challenger in her
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2 US House members seek to become North Carolina's attorney general

2 US House members seek to become North Carolina's attorney general

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's next attorney general will be one of two outgoing members of Congress who have represented the Charlotte area on Capitol Hill and previously at the state legislature. Both Democratic U.S. Rep.
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Harris and Trump offer worlds-apart contrasts on top issues in presidential race

Harris and Trump offer worlds-apart contrasts on top issues in presidential race

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in this year's presidential election are choosing between two conflicting visions of the United States offered by Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump .
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Harris stays quiet on student loans as cancellation loses its political luster

Harris stays quiet on student loans as cancellation loses its political luster

WASHINGTON (AP) — At a campaign rally in April, President Joe Biden told a Wisconsin crowd about his latest “life-changing” plan for student loan cancellation, promising financial relief for more than 30 million Americans.
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