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'Everyone has exhaled': Candice Bergen brings steady hand to Conservative caucus
OTTAWA - The new interim leader of Canada's Conservatives hails from a small Mennonite community and is no stranger to leadership. Candice Bergen was picked Wednesday evening to take over from Erin O'...
Feb 03, 2022

Activist: Man killed by police didn't live in raided flat
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A man fatally shot by Minneapolis police executing a search warrant in a homicide investigation did not live in the apartment that the SWAT team raided, according to a civil rights ...
Feb 03, 2022

GoFund Me called to Commons committee as links to U.S. alleged in Ottawa protest
OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee has called on GoFundMe representatives to testify about how it ensures that money raised on its platform isn't used to promote hate, such as antisemitism and white s...
Feb 03, 2022

Vancouver Whitecaps sign top striker Brian White to four-year extension
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps locked up a potent piece of their offence, signing American striker Brian White to a four-year extension. The deal, announced Thursday, will keep White in Vancouver...
Feb 03, 2022

Canadian men take a breath before looking to seal a World Cup berth in Qatar
Four years into his tenure as coach of the men's soccer team, John Herdman is now one win away from taking Canada to the World Cup - ending a 36-year absence from the world showcase. A Canadian tie in...
Feb 03, 2022

Ottawa 'clarifies' truckers are not exempt from COVID-19 vaccine mandate
OTTAWA - The government has issued an order-in-council clarifying that truckers are not exempt from a vaccine mandate after bureaucrats were confused by their own policy. The Canada Border Services Ag...
Feb 03, 2022

British Columbia Liberals to begin voting for a new leader
VICTORIA - Online and telephone voting is scheduled to start today for the next leader of the B.C. Liberal party.There are seven candidates running for the leadership, including legislature members Mi...
Feb 03, 2022

From heroes to targets: At an Ontario hospital, anti-vax protests weigh on staff
Nicole Corry says she didn't become a personal support worker to be called a hero. But she never anticipated that she would be villainized as she puts her health and family's welfare on the line to ca...
Feb 03, 2022

Multiple Macbook's fraudulently purchased in Nanaimo using new credit card scheme
NANAIMO - Stores selling high end tech and other expensive items are on alert with a new credit card scam circulating.Local Mounties report multiple stores across Vancouver Island and into the Lower M...
Feb 03, 2022

Ex-Chicago officer who killed Laquan McDonald leaves prison
CHICAGO (AP) - Former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke left prison on Thursday after serving less than half of his nearly seven-year sentence for killing Black teenager Laquan McDonald - an early...
Feb 03, 2022