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Canadian rugby 7s women's, men's squads lose opening match
VANCOUVER - Both the Canadian women's and men's rugby sevens team lost their opening matches at the HSBC SVNS stop at B.C. Place on Friday. Canada's women's rugby sevens team fell to France 26-14 whil...
Feb 23, 2024

Interference inquiry head says feds have signalled need for closed-door hearings
OTTAWA - The head of a federal inquiry into foreign interference says the government has told her it will be necessary to hear some evidence behind closed doors. In a notice issued today, commissioner...
Feb 23, 2024

US appeals court panel declines to delay execution of one of longest-serving death-row inmates
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A U.S. appeals court panel on Friday declined to delay Idaho's scheduled execution next week of one of the nation's longest-serving death row inmates. Thomas Creech was sentenced t...
Feb 23, 2024

Ottawa appeals court decision finding its use of Emergencies Act was unreasonable
Ottawa has filed to appeal a Federal Court decision that found its invocation of the Emergencies Act in response to the 2022 Freedom Convoy protests was unjustified. The government is asking the Feder...
Feb 23, 2024

Ladysmith RCMP look for witnesses after shots fired
LADYSMITH - Police in Ladysmith are turning to the public for answers following an early morning shooting.It happened on Sunday, Feb. 18, where a parked unoccupied vehicle outside a home was shot at o...
Feb 23, 2024

RCMP launches criminal investigation into 'alarming' breach of its networks
OTTAWA - The RCMP says it is "actively managing" a security breach that targeted its networks. Spokesperson Marie-Eve Breton says the police force has launched a criminal investigation. The RCMP says ...
Feb 23, 2024

Nisga'a Treaty disputes settled between B.C. and First Nation governments
VICTORIA - The Nisga'a First Nation in northwestern British Columbia says it has reached a historic out-of-court settlement with the provincial government to resolve disputes that had come up in their...
Feb 23, 2024

Police take a suspect into custody after killing of nursing student at University of Georgia
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Police say they've taken a suspect into custody in after the killing of a nursing student whose body was found on the University of Georgia campus in Athens. University of Georgia P...
Feb 23, 2024

National Rifle Association and Wayne LaPierre are found liable in lawsuit over lavish spending
NEW YORK (AP) - The National Rifle Association and its former longtime leader were found liable Friday in a lawsuit centered on the organization's lavish spending. The New York jury found that Wayne L...
Feb 23, 2024

Former employee sues Argos for wrongful dismissal, accuses QB Kelly of harassment
TORONTO - A former strength and conditioning coach with the Toronto Argonauts is suing the CFL club for wrongful dismissal and star quarterback Chad Kelly for alleged violations of the Ontario Human R...
Feb 23, 2024