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Parliamentary security, police preparing as truckers' protest convoy nears Ottawa
OTTAWA - Security forces on Parliament Hill are preparing for up to 10,000 protesters to set up camp in downtown Ottawa this weekend to push back against lockdowns and vaccination mandates. A memo the...
Jan 27, 2022
Stormy Daniels and Avenatti meet again, as adversaries
NEW YORK (AP) - Stormy Daniels took her star turn on the witness stand Thursday at California lawyer Michael Avenatti's trial, telling a jury Avenatti "stole from me and lied to me." Her testimony was...
Jan 27, 2022
Tories' election review calls for more diverse candidates, greater outreach: sources
OTTAWA - A report into how the Conservatives fared in last year's election calls on the party to recruit more diverse candidates and for better outreach into different cultural communities, where the ...
Jan 27, 2022
Oklahoma executes man for 2001 slayings of 2 hotel workers
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for the brutal slayings of two hotel workers during a robbery in 2001. Donald Grant, 46, received a lethal injection Thursday morning at the Oklah...
Jan 27, 2022
Giovinco back training with Toronto FC but future with club still unclear
TORONTO - Former MLS MVP Sebastian Giovinco is back with Toronto FC, training with the team without a contract at present. The Italian star, who turned 35 on Wednesday, left the MLS club in January 20...
Jan 27, 2022
New lawsuit filed in mass shooting at Michigan school
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) - A new lawsuit was filed in Michigan on Thursday over the shooting at Oxford High School that killed four students and wounded six other students and a teacher. The lawsuit was...
Jan 27, 2022
Canada's top doctor says severe illness trends are still rising in most jurisdictions
Canada's top doctor says even though the average daily COVID-19 case count across the country is down 30 per cent compared to last week, it's not an accurate reflection of the state of the pandemic. D...
Jan 27, 2022
Playing before empty seats disappointing for hometown rink competing at Scotties
To prepare for this year's Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Krista McCarville and her rink from Thunder Bay, Ont., spent time with a sports psychologist learning how to cope with the excitement and pres...
Jan 27, 2022
Draft long-term care standards could have prevented pandemic deaths: committee chair
OTTAWA - An organization that develops health-care standards has released a draft of new long-term care guidance that the authors hope will fundamentally change the way Canadian care homes are accredi...
Jan 27, 2022
Gabriola Island residents considering natural burial cemeteries
NANAIMO -When it comes to finding a final resting place, the residents of Gabriola Island are thinking outside of the traditional cemetery box. With space on the 57.6 sq. km island limited, co-chair o...
Jan 27, 2022