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Quebec caught between reducing arsenic emissions from factory and preserving 650 jobs
MONTREAL - Quebec's government is facing pressure to address the high levels of arsenic emitted from a copper foundry in a small northwestern city without sacrificing the factory's 650 jobs and the re...
Jul 06, 2022
CFL names Rourke, Powell and Robertson as its top players for June
TORONTO - B.C. Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke, Saskatchewan running back Jamal Powell and Roughriders defensive lineman Pete Robertson were named the CFL's top performers for the month of June on Wed...
Jul 06, 2022
Women graduates, those with college educations more likely to access CERB: StatCan
OTTAWA - A new Statistics Canada study finds women post-secondary graduates were more likely to receive the Canada Emergency Response Benefit in 2020 than male graduates. The study also finds that tho...
Jul 06, 2022
AP source: Cipollone agrees to testify before Jan. 6 panel
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pat Cipollone, Donald Trump's former White House counsel, is scheduled to testify Friday before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to ...
Jul 06, 2022
French government plans to nationalize electricity giant EDF
PARIS (AP) - French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said Wednesday that the government plans to nationalize French electricity giant EDF amid an energy crisis aggravated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine...
Jul 06, 2022
Court OKs immunity defense in alleged sex trafficker's death
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A sex trafficking victim accused of killing a man who allegedly trafficked her can argue at trial that she was justified in killing him, Wisconsin's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday ...
Jul 06, 2022
RDN forms wildfire resiliency plan
NANAIMO - The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) is giving its residents more tools to help prevent the spread of wildfires. The RDN recently completed their new Community Wildfire Resiliency Plan (CW...
Jul 06, 2022
July 4 shooting suspect bought guns legally despite threats
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) - The man charged with killing seven people when he unleashed a hail of bullets on an Independence Day parade from a rooftop in suburban Chicago legally bought the high-powere...
Jul 06, 2022
UK's Johnson vows to stay on despite top tier resignations
LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he plans to stay in power despite the resignations of two top Cabinet ministers and a slew of more junior officials. Johnson told lawmakers Wedn...
Jul 06, 2022
Seoul spy agency files charges against ex-chiefs over NKorea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's spy agency filed charges on Wednesday against two of its former directors over their handling of separate border incidents with North Korea in recent years whic...
Jul 06, 2022