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GOP blocks bipartisan probe of deadly Jan. 6 riot at Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans on Friday blocked creation of a bipartisan panel to study the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, turning aside the independent investigation in a show of party loyalty ...
May 28, 2021
Canada should roll out second doses 'as soon as possible': NACI
Canada's expert advisory panel on vaccines says the country should deliver second doses of COVID-19 vaccines as soon as possible, given the increasing supply. The National Advisory Committee on Immuni...
May 28, 2021
Henrique posts second straight 3-point game, Canada downs Kazakhstan 4-2 at worlds
RIGA, Latvia - Canada captain Adam Henrique brought the offence again in a 4-2 win over Kazakhstan on Friday at the world hockey championship.Henrique had a goal and two assists for his second straigh...
May 28, 2021
Canadian Carol Zhao misses out on spot in main draw of French Open
PARIS - Canada's Carol Zhao has fallen one win short of qualifying for the French Open. Zhao, from Richmond Hill, Ont., lost 6-2, 6-4 to Spain's Lara Arruabarrena in the third and final round of quali...
May 28, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to attend G7 Leaders' Summit in person: British PM
OTTAWA - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will attend the G7 Leaders' Summit in person next month.A readout of a phone conversation Friday between Johnson a...
May 28, 2021
Thomaidis: Players will remember crazy Tokyo journey for rest of their lives
Edmonton signage has gone up on the walls of the Toronto Raptors' temporary practice facility in Tampa to help Canada's women's basketball team feel at home. The Canadian women moved in this week, the...
May 28, 2021
Finance Department says preliminary deficit of $314 billion for last fiscal year
OTTAWA - The federal government says its preliminary deficit for the last fiscal year was $314 billion, an unprecedented figure caused by an equally unprecedented economic shock. The early deficit fig...
May 28, 2021
Supreme Court ruling denies media outlet access to records from Quebec court case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says MediaQMI journalists are not allowed access to exhibits that were once part of a Quebec court file. The decision today comes in a case that began five years a...
May 28, 2021
Malaysia imposes total lockdown after cases soar above 8,000
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Malaysia's prime minister says a total coronavirus lockdown will be imposed in the country, with all business and economic activities to be halted for two weeks to contai...
May 28, 2021
US consumers boosted their spending by 0.5% in April
WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans increased their spending by 0.5% in April, a slowdown after a massive gain in March that had been powered by the distribution of billions of dollars in individual stimulus ...
May 28, 2021