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Revised airline compensation rules will only preserve status quo: consumer advocate

Revised airline compensation rules will only preserve status quo: consumer advocate

Consumer advocates say proposed changes to Canada's passenger rights charter will perpetuate loopholes that allow airlines to forego compensating travellers whose flights are disrupted.
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Trump again calls to buy Greenland after eyeing Canada and the Panama Canal

Trump again calls to buy Greenland after eyeing Canada and the Panama Canal

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — First it was Canada , then the Panama Canal . Now, Donald Trump again wants Greenland . The president-elect is renewing unsuccessful calls he made during his first term for the U.S.
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Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates before Trump can resume executions

Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates before Trump can resume executions

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday announced that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump , an outspoken
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Ottawa names new president and CEO of Export Development Canada

OTTAWA — The federal government has named Alison Nankivell the new president and chief executive officer of Export Development Canada, succeeding Mairead Lavery who helmed the Crown corporation for the past six years.
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Poet, former chief justice among five new members appointed to Order of Nova Scotia

Poet, former chief justice among five new members appointed to Order of Nova Scotia

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Lt.-Gov. Mike Savage has released the names of the five people appointed to the Order of Nova Scotia for 2024.
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Manitoba government to reinstate fuel tax, but at a reduced rate

Manitoba government to reinstate fuel tax, but at a reduced rate

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is ending its yearlong fuel tax holiday but bringing back the levy at a lower rate.
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Trump again calls to buy Greenland after eyeing Canada and the Panama Canal

Trump again calls to buy Greenland after eyeing Canada and the Panama Canal

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — First it was Canada , then the Panama Canal . Now, Donald Trump again wants Greenland . The president-elect is renewing unsuccessful calls he made during his first term for the U.S.
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The new right gathers to celebrate Trump and the splintering of the Republican Party

The new right gathers to celebrate Trump and the splintering of the Republican Party

PHOENIX (AP) — As Washington heaved over the possibility of a partial government shutdown, leading far-right figures gathered with thousands of Donald Trump’s most ardent supporters and, for the most part, gloried in splintering the president-elect’s
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Trump threatens to try to take back the Panama Canal. Panama's president balks at the suggestion

Trump threatens to try to take back the Panama Canal. Panama's president balks at the suggestion

PHOENIX (AP) — Donald Trump suggested Sunday that his new administration could try to regain control of the Panama Canal that the United States “foolishly” ceded to its Central American ally, contending that shippers are charged “ridiculous” fees to
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Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates so Trump can't have them executed

Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates so Trump can't have them executed

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Monday that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment mere weeks before President-elect Donald Trump , an outspoken pro
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