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Disappointment and resignation as Quebec drops health worker vaccine mandate
MONTREAL - Members of the medical community are expressing disappointment after the Quebec government cancelled its vaccine mandate for health-care workers. Health Minister Christian Dub said Wednesda...
Nov 04, 2021
Elections Canada probes extent of mistakes on polling day in Indigenous communities
OTTAWA - Elections Canada says it has launched an investigation to see if errors cost Indigenous communities across Canada their right to vote. It is checking to see whether First Nations in Kenora we...
Nov 04, 2021
New women's minister says place lens on men in order to combat gender-based violence
OTTAWA - Freshly appointed Women and Gender Equality Minister Marci Ien says as part of her effort to combat gender-based violence she intends to place a lens on men to understand why it happens in th...
Nov 04, 2021
Ethiopia compares Tigray forces to 'rat' as war marks 1 year
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Ethiopia's government marked a year of war by lashing out Thursday in response to international alarm about hate speech, comparing the rival Tigray forces to "a rat that strays f...
Nov 04, 2021
Spending $153, Edward Durr ousts NJ Senate leader Sweeney
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey's longtime state Senate president, Democrat Steve Sweeney, has lost reelection, falling to a Republican newcomer who spent less than $200 on the race and leaving his pa...
Nov 04, 2021
Ottawa Redblacks sign veteran Lewis Ward to contract extension through 2022 season
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks signed veteran Canadian kicker Lewis Ward to a contract extension Thursday that will keep him with the CFL club through the 2022 season. "Lewis Ward exemplifies what it m...
Nov 04, 2021
Edmonton Elks have one final opportunity to secure their first home victory of season
It's the last chance Taylor Cornelius and the Edmonton Elks have to give their home fans something to cheer about. Edmonton (2-8) hosts the Saskatchewan Roughriders (7-4) on Friday night in its final ...
Nov 04, 2021
Jury selection starts for Jeffrey Epstein's ex-girlfriend
NEW YORK (AP) - The weekslong process of selecting a jury for the federal sex trafficking trial of financier Jeffrey Epstein's ex-girlfriend, a British socialite, began Thursday with a video introduct...
Nov 04, 2021
Supreme Court of Canada sides with Antigua over registration of judgment in Ontario
OTTAWA - A Caribbean-based company has lost its fight in the Supreme Court of Canada to have Ontario register a judgment enforcing an order of the British Privy Council against Antigua and Barbuda. Fr...
Nov 04, 2021
Analyst who aided Trump-Russia dossier is arrested
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Russia analyst who provided information for a dossier of research used during the Trump-Russia investigation has been arrested by U.S. authorities as part of an ongoing special cou...
Nov 04, 2021