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PBO releases updated carbon price report after previous error sparked controversy

PBO releases updated carbon price report after previous error sparked controversy

An update on the federal carbon price's economic impact that corrected an error in earlier reports largely supports previous conclusions, the parliamentary budget officer said Thursday.
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A federal judge rejects a call to reopen voter registration in Georgia after Hurricane Helene

A federal judge rejects a call to reopen voter registration in Georgia after Hurricane Helene

ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge said Thursday that she won't order the presidential battleground state of Georgia to reopen voter registration for November’s elections despite recent disruptions to registration caused by Hurricane Helene .
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N.B. election: Tenants' rights group presses parties to impose cap on rent increases

N.B. election: Tenants' rights group presses parties to impose cap on rent increases

FREDERICTON — With New Brunswick's provincial election approaching, a housing advocacy group is calling on the next government to strengthen tenants' rights, particularly through caps on rent increases.
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'The View' co-hosts come out swinging at Donald Trump a day after he insulted them

'The View' co-hosts come out swinging at Donald Trump a day after he insulted them

NEW YORK (AP) — The hosts of ABC's “The View” clapped back at Donald Trump on Thursday, a day after the Republican nominee for president insulted co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Whoopi Goldberg. “I have a personal legal note,” said Hostin.
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Saskatchewan NDP's Beck says election is bigger than politics, change possible

Saskatchewan NDP's Beck says election is bigger than politics, change possible

REGINA — Saskatchewan New Democratic Leader Carla Beck says she's asking voters to think beyond party politics and support what's best for the province when they go to the polls on Oct. 28.
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Bloc leader, MPs and farmers press Senate to pass supply management bill

Bloc leader, MPs and farmers press Senate to pass supply management bill

OTTAWA — Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet and MPs from all parties in the House of Commons were on Parliament Hill on Thursday to call for the Senate to pass a Bloc bill on supply management.
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Independent in key House race suspends campaign, saying he was 'pawn' in election fraud scheme

Independent in key House race suspends campaign, saying he was 'pawn' in election fraud scheme

A congressional candidate who said he was tricked by Democrats into running as a spoiler in a competitive House race in Minnesota suspended his campaign Thursday and endorsed his Republican rival.
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Nunavut MP on 'inhumane' Labrador food prices: Complain directly to Northern Affairs

Nunavut MP on 'inhumane' Labrador food prices: Complain directly to Northern Affairs

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The member of Parliament for Nunavut is urging people in northern Labrador to complain directly to the federal government about food prices that have been described as inhumane.
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Independent in key House race suspends campaign, saying he was 'pawn' in election fraud scheme

Independent in key House race suspends campaign, saying he was 'pawn' in election fraud scheme

A congressional candidate who said he was tricked by Democrats into running as a spoiler in a competitive House race in Minnesota suspended his campaign Thursday and endorsed his Republican rival.
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Jeremy Strong and Sebastian Stan know the risks with 'The Apprentice'

Jeremy Strong and Sebastian Stan know the risks with 'The Apprentice'

NEW YORK (AP) — Even in an election year , most seem to agree on one aspect about Ali Abbasi’s much-debated Donald Trump film “The Apprentice”: Sebastian Stan is a remarkably good Trump and Jeremy Strong is chillingly riveting as the New York power b
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