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Defense challenges witness in Lorenzen Wright murder trial
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A defense attorney for a man charged with fatally shooting former NBA player Lorenzen Wright attempted to poke holes Friday in the testimony of a convicted killer who said Wright...
Mar 18, 2022
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says western countries more unified than ever
TORONTO - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says the Russian invasion of Ukraine has unified western nations like never before and strengthened NATO's alliance. Speaking to a crowd at the Universit...
Mar 18, 2022
Weapons, drugs seized during 'violent struggle' & arrest at Nanaimo shopping centre
NANAIMO - Local Mounties have a man in custody after a volatile arrest outside a Nanaimo grocery store.Officers were called to the Save-On-Foods at Brooks Landing along the Island Hwy. around 3 p.m. o...
Mar 18, 2022
Dikes to protect N.S.-N.B. link from flooding expected to cost hundreds of millions
HALIFAX - An engineering study looking at three options to save the land link between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick from climate-related flooding is pegging costs at between $189 million and just over...
Mar 18, 2022
Canadians cutting back spending on groceries, restaurants as inflation rises: poll
OTTAWA -- A new poll suggests Canadians are looking for ways to cut back on spending as their concerns about the cost of living rise alongside headline inflation rates.Four-fifths of respondents to th...
Mar 18, 2022
Jonathan Osorio helps lead a new generation of Canadian talent at Toronto FC
TORONTO - Jonathan Osorio recalls watching on TV as Canada upset Colombia to win the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup. He was seven at the time. "I remember vividly that day," said the Toronto FC midfielder. "T...
Mar 18, 2022
UN: 6.5 million people displaced inside Ukraine due to war
GENEVA (AP) - The U.N. migration agency said Friday that nearly 6.5 million people have been displaced inside Ukraine, on top of the 3.2 million who have already fled the country. The estimates from t...
Mar 18, 2022
No end to 48-day transit strike in B.C.'s Sea-to-Sky region as talks break off
WHISTLER, B.C. - Talks have collapsed between striking transit workers and their employer in the Sea-to-Sky region of B.C., with the two sides unable to agree on eventual wage parity. Unifor Western R...
Mar 18, 2022
Convoy protest cost Ottawa $36.3 million, city memo says
OTTAWA - Local leaders in Ottawa are being told that the city's response to the three-week convoy protest last month cost municipal coffers over $36 million. A memo to councillors released by the city...
Mar 18, 2022
The Canadian Press receives four National Newspaper Award nominations for photos
The National Newspaper Awards have named the finalists for its annual journalism honours and given four nominations to The Canadian Press. The national newswire agency received the nominations in vari...
Mar 18, 2022