KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — As Monette Ferguson braces for the looming government shutdown to strip funding from her Head Start program for disadvantaged children in Connecticut, she harkens back to a decade ago when another congressional budget fight forced her to close preschools. This time around she is more prepared, with money in reserve to keep serving around 550 children at 14 Head Start sites operating in three different towns. But only for about 30 days. “It’s like a gut punch to our system
The GOP's far-right wing want to use a shutdown threat to take aim at school funding, children's healthcare and food, housing and heating assistance. What's to like?The Liberal government is looking to cut almost $1 billion from the annual budget of the Department of National Defence — a demand the country's top military commander says is prompting some "difficult" conversations within the military.Chief of the Defence Staff Gen.
Arguments over Inuit identity have taken the forefront in Labrador, following the revelation that the provincial government plans an apology to residential school survivors in partnership with the NunatuKavut community council — a group that does not hold federal treaty rights.Labrador's two other Indigenous groups are now calling for Newfoundland and Labrador's Indigenous Affairs Minister Lisa Dempster to resign or be fired.
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