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Premiers wrap talks with no date for meeting with Ottawa on health care
VICTORIA - Canada's premiers have wrapped up talks in Victoria, B.C., frustrated that a date has yet to be set for a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau focused on health care. The 13 premiers ...
Jul 13, 2022
'Freedom Convoy' organizer Pat King expected to have bail review today
OTTAWA - "Freedom Convoy" organizer Pat King is expected to appear in an Ottawa court today for a bail review. He will be returning after his earlier bail review in April came to an abrupt and unexpec...
Jul 13, 2022
Legal expert, Jewish group say Quebec judge should recognize Nazism led to Holocaust
MONTREAL - Prominent Jewish group B'nai Brith Canada and a legal expert are questioning a Quebec judge's claim that it is not a widely accepted fact that Nazi ideology led to the murder of Jews. The l...
Jul 13, 2022
Census data to reveal snapshot of how pandemic supports like CERB affected incomes
OTTAWA - Canadians will get a look today at how government supports such as the Canada Emergency Response Benefit affected incomes during the early pandemic. This morning, Statistics Canada will relea...
Jul 13, 2022
Biden to ping through Israel's iconic spots on Mideast tour
JERUSALEM (AP) - President Joe Biden's dash through Israel and the occupied West Bank this week is expected to cut across some of the region's most iconic places. Both luxurious and grueling, Biden's ...
Jul 12, 2022
Redblacks' QB Masoli takes to social media to question Marino's behaviour, suspension
Ottawa Redblacks quarterback Jeremiah Masoli took to social media Tuesday night to address the vicious hit that knocked him out of last week's road loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Roughrider def...
Jul 12, 2022
Lucky 13: Berrios ties career high for strikeouts as Blue Jays top Phillies 4-3
TORONTO - Jose Berrios tied a career-high with 13 strikeouts over six solid innings and the Toronto Blue Jays ended a four-game losing skid with a 4-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday...
Jul 12, 2022
Save Old Growth Nanaimo shifting protest focus away from highway blockades
NANAIMO - The practice of sitting on and sometimes gluing themselves to area highways in the name of forest protection appears to be over for now.Demonstrators from Save Old Growth in Nanaimo angered ...
Jul 12, 2022
IndyCar champ Palou says he's leaving Ganassi for McLaren
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Alex Palou's top priority remains winning a second straight IndyCar championship. His future after this year is looking awfully murky. Shortly after Chip Ganassi Racing announced T...
Jul 12, 2022
State judge blocks Louisiana from enforcing abortion ban
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana authorities have once again been blocked from enforcing a near total ban on abortion, this time under a judge's order released Tuesday by a state court in the capital. Jud...
Jul 12, 2022