Canada is closing its doors to more visitors and temporary residents by approving fewer visas and turning away more people who reach its borders with official documents, according to government data obtained by Reuters.
The spike in rejections of foreign travellers comes as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government, trailing in polls ahead of an election expected next year, tries...
Vice President Kamala Harris was interviewed by a three-member panel of National Association of Black Journalists in Philadelphia on Tuesday, September 17, 2024. The panel consisted of Tonya Mosley, Co-host of WHYY’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross and Tonya Mosley, Gerren Keith Gaynor, White House Correspondent and Managing Editor of Politics at TheGrio and Eugene Daniels, Playbook Co-author and...
Early voting in Minnesota, both in-person and via mail, starts one week from today on September 20. This is a presidential election year but Minnesotans will also be electing a U.S. Senator and all U.S. House of Representative seats. The Minnesota House of Representatives is also on the ballot as are many local elections at the county and city...
About 6 in 10 debate-watchers said Harris outperformed Trump in Tuesday’s presidential debate, while about 4 in 10 said Trump did a better job, according to a flash poll conducted by CNN, with Harris exceeding debate-watchers’ expectations. Before the debate, the same voters were evenly split on whether Trump or Harris would win.
The vast majority of debate watchers —...
"'My kids asked me to move to a little house with no steps. I am in my 90s. I moved to a place with no stairs. But when I visit my children, it became harder and harder to navigate the stairs to enter their homes,'" Ann Bussey read. The community advocate was reciting the story of a senior from...
Puddingstone, a conglomerate rock in which dark-colored rounded pebbles contrast with a paler, fine-grained matrix. Even more, the nature of puddingstone symbolizes unity, bringing together various minerals in perfect harmony.
An apt moniker for Richard Bona who started his career in the arts as a child building his own instruments, playing the music of Cameroon, his motherland.
Mshale connected with Bona...
On Aug. 28, 1963, during the March on Washington, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech before an estimated 250,000 people in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Jonathan Butler is a man of character and he showed us that at the Dakota last week when he opened the evening, not with his own work, but with a tribute to another legendary jazz musician. Promptly at 6:30, Butler walked out onto stage along with his band and immediately played a number echoing David Sanborn’s “Maputo.” Sanborn died...
The race for District 5 on the Dakota County Board of Commissioners was narrowed to two during the state primary on Tuesday with the incumbent Liz Workman receiving 50.4% of the vote or 2,001 votes.
Ms. Workman faced off against three challengers, among them Kenyan-born businessman Yusuf Haji, who came in second with 994 votes (25.04).
The two will advance to...
Huldah Momanyi Hiltsley defeated Wynfred Russell in a hotly contested primary election that pitted two African immigrants fighting for the right be the Democratic candidate for District 38A of the Minnesota House of Representatives.
“I don’t even know where to begin,” Hiltsley said after a narrow win of 60 votes, amid cheers from her supporters, who had gathered for a...
The 2024 Minnesota primary elections brought significant attention to the City Council races in Brooklyn Park’s Central Ward and Brooklyn Center. The outcomes of these races are set to shape the future of these key Twin Cities suburbs, as they continue to navigate issues of public safety, affordable housing, and economic development.
Brooklyn Park Central Ward: Wako and Page lead...