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White House: GOP abortion ban would mean a nationwide crisis
FILE — Abortion rights protestors at the Indiana Statehouse on the first day of the special session discussing the abortion ban in Indianapolis, on July 25, 2022. An Indiana judge temporarily halted the state’s ban on most abortions, a week after the law took effect; Indiana was the first state to pass new, sweeping restrictions on abortion after the US Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to the procedure in June. (Kaiti Sullivan/The New York Times)
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Health Canada launches long-awaited review of Cannabis Act
Cannabis plants grow in a production facility in Simcoe, Ont. Tuesday, April 13, 2021.Canada’s cannabis industry is hoping a long awaited review of the legislation that permitted the use and sale of pot will help the sector stave off more financial difficulties. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tara Walton
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Justice minister urges senators to pass Liberal mandatory minimums bill
Justice Minister David Lametti rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, June 20, 2022. Lametti urged Senators Wednesday night to pass the Liberal government's proposed legislation on mandatory minimum penalties.THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
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Nova Scotia will stop holding federal immigration detainees in provincial jails
Nova Scotia's provincial flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa on July 3, 2020. Nova Scotia has become the second Canadian province to announce an end to holding federal immigration detainees in provincial jails, a shift that human rights advocates hope becomes a national trend. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
u.s. business
Fed attacks inflation with another big hike and expects more
(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 27, 2022 US Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference in Washington, DC, on July 27, 2022. - US central bankers opened their two-day policy meeting on September 20, 2022 with another steep interest rate hike seen as a near certainty amid stubbornly high inflation. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
u.s. politics
As abortion bans come into effect, providers across the U.S. shift efforts to other reproductive health measures
Activist Travis Jackson leads chants as abortion rights supporters protest the Supreme Court's decision to reverse Roe v. Wade outside the Alabama State House in Montgomery, Ala., on Friday, June 24, 2022. The Supreme Court on Friday stripped away women’s constitutional protections for abortion, a fundamental and deeply personal change for Americans' lives after nearly a half-century under Roe v. Wade. The court’s overturning of the landmark court ruling is likely to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states. (Jake Crandall/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)
cost of living
How to avoid sticker shock and lower your car insurance premiums
FILE PHOTO: Cars drive in heavy traffic on the Gardiner Expressway in Toronto, June 29, 2015. REUTERS/Mark Blinch/File Photo
international business
GM backs setting tougher U.S. emissions targets for 2030
FILE PHOTO: The new GM logo is seen on the facade of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., March 16, 2021. Picture taken March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
european business
EU proposes supply chain emergency powers, spooking business
FILE PHOTO: European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, June 17, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
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Jittery markets? Just wait ‘til QT really kicks in
Traders work on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Sept. 13.
world
U.S. Senate panel advances sweeping Taiwan security bill
FILE PHOTO: Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget at the Capitol in Washington, U.S., April 26, 2022. Bonnie Cash/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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In the world of politics, Pierre Poilievre has got it
John Ibbitson
world
GOP’s Graham unveils countrywide abortion ban after 15 weeks
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speak during a news conference to discuss the introduction of the Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
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‘The fear remains greater than the greed’ in oil markets: RBC analyst
An oil pump of IPC Petroleum France is seen at sunset outside Soudron, near Reims, France, August 24, 2022.
energy and resources
French consumers to absorb ‘contained rise’ in energy prices, finance minister says
FILE PHOTO: French Minister for the Economy and Finances Bruno Le Maire attends the MEDEF union summer forum "La Rencontre des Entrepreneurs de France, LaREF" at the Paris Longchamp Racecourse in Paris, France, August 30, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo
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Ottawa capped immigration program for Afghans who worked with Canada since its launch
Refugees from Afghanistan board a bus after being processed at Pearson Airport in Toronto, Tuesday, Aug 17, 2021, after arriving indirectly from Afghanistan. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Visa, Mastercard, AmEx to start categorizing gun shop sales in major win for gun control advocates
FILE - Visa credit cards are seen on Aug. 11, 2019, in New Orleans. Payment processor Visa Inc. said late Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, that it plans to start separately categorizing sales at gun shops. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
opinion
With a few creative tax solutions, Canada could afford to increase its health care spending
Rhys Kesselman
international business
U.K. energy support scheme to go ahead as planned, Truss’s spokesman says
Prime Minister Liz Truss reads a tribute out in the House of Commons, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday, in London, Friday Sept. 9, 2022. (House of Commons/PA via AP)
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Alberta joins court fight against Canada’s single-use plastics ban
Plastic cutlery is pictured in North Vancouver, B.C. on June, 10, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward