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Free parking is coming to hospitals across Nova Scotia for patients, visitors and staff. The new protocol begins Thursday and is a huge relief for health-care workers, who, up until now, had to pay along with the general public.“If you have a patient here, minimum stay is probably five to seven days. That adds up over time,” said Katrina Manders, a clinical specialist who works at the QEII Infirmary in Halifax.“For the patients definitely, but more for the staff that are working here day in and day out — it’s expensive. Staff here have been wanting this for a long…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The NIL movement on Capitol Hill will have a huge push on Thursday, as both Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., and former Alabama coach Nick Saban will join President Donald Trump to discuss regulations.The transfer portal has run wild as college athletes are now aiming to make as much money as possible during their college eligibility.Tuberville said ideally, the government would not be involved, but they find themselves in the thick of things and are brainstorming. Sen. Tommy Tuberville attends the House and Senate committee markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for…

Voters can be forgiven for thinking this election is all a bit of a waste of time. One mob is just as bad as the other; Anthony Albanese is a bit of a goose and Peter Dutton gives off thug vibes.Both are multimillionaires and each of them is out of touch with the struggles of families in the suburbs. Neither of them really gets Western Australia, they don’t understand business, and certainly have no idea how young people think.These guys — and their mates — are in it for themselves.They don’t really care about us, so why should we care…

NewsFeedThe US and Ukraine have signed a long-touted deal that will give the US access to Ukraine’s precious minerals. Donald Trump wanted the deal as a way for Ukraine to pay back around $182 billion in aid the US has given Ukraine to fund the war against Russia. But what does Ukraine get out of it?Published On 1 May 20251 May 2025

Dozens of school choice advocates gathered outside the Supreme Court Wednesday as justices weighed whether public funds could go directly to religious charter schools.The protesters rallied and held signs that said “all students, all options, all dollars” and “free to learn,” as they advocated for expanded access to alternatives to traditional public schools, especially for students who struggle in those settings.The case, St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School v. Drummond, challenges a ruling by the Oklahoma Supreme Court that struck down a contract establishing St. Isidore – a publicly funded, Catholic online school – as a violation of state…

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Some Mi’kmaq harvesters say working within Ottawa’s quotas for the contentious baby eel fishery is helping calm the tense atmosphere in their river workplaces. In the shallows of the Gold River last Friday night, as the tiny, translucent eels known as elvers emerged from the mud, Jay Pennell — a member of the nearby Wasoqopa’q First Nation — swept his nets back and forth through the water and recalled past confrontations.“There’s been lots of incidents on rivers we’ve been on in prior years,” Pennell said. “But right here on Gold River, there’s been nothing this year …. It’s very peaceful.”By…

Anthony Albanese has declared he is a “reformist” not a revolutionist as he made his last ditch pitch to Western Australia two days out from the Federal election.The Prime Minister is adamant he is running a positive campaign and that his vision for the future – criticised by some as lacking ambition – is that of a sensible, mainstream government.Despite the insistence that he’s standing on optimism and positivity, his remarks were peppered with attacks on his opponent Peter Dutton and he avoided questions on difficult areas.While in Perth on Thursday, Mr Albanese said the Opposition leader had just two…

Franklin Templeton is aiming to list $1.7bn of Uzbekistan’s state assets on international markets within a year, as part of a plan by the US investment group to put the central Asian country on the map for global investors.The firm, which took over as manager of the Uzbekistan National Investment Fund, or UzNIF, on Thursday, is hoping to repeat a model of pro-shareholder reforms that made a similar Romanian fund one of the best investments in emerging markets in the last decade.“We are not wasting any time . . . we are targeting as early as the first quarter of 2026” for a listing…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the worldLarge pension funds and other big institutional investors have started to borrow against their private equity portfolios to raise cash after a slowdown in dealmaking activity and public offerings has dimmed their hopes of exiting trillions of dollars in ageing deals.Investors have begun to turn to so-called net asset value loans in recent months to boost liquidity at a time when big chunks of their portfolio are locked up in private equity, venture capital and property assets that have returned…