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Leslyn Lewis, Ontario MP and former Tory leadership candidate, to launch new bid
OTTAWA - Ontario MP and former Conservative leadership candidate Leslyn Lewis will launch her campaign today for the party's top job. The Canadian Press has learned the announcement will be made over ...
Mar 8, 2022
Montreal police adding surveillance cameras to fight crime, worrying community groups
Montreal police are planning to install nine more security cameras across the city in response to a rise in violent crime, but community groups are questioning whether the technology works to deter cr...
Mar 8, 2022
Proud Boys leader charged with conspiracy in Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (AP) - The leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was arrested Tuesday on a conspiracy charge for his suspected role in a coordinated attack on the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress...
Mar 8, 2022
Russia underestimated Ukraine's resistance, US official says
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States believes Russia underestimated the strength of Ukraine's resistance before launching an invasion that has likely caused thousands of Russian casualties, the Biden a...
Mar 8, 2022
B.C. order for health workers' COVID-19 vax status lifts mention of vaccine deadlines
VICTORIA - British Columbia has removed any mention of COVID-19 vaccination deadlines from its order requiring health-care professionals to report their vaccination status. A statement issued late Mon...
Mar 8, 2022
Group hopes to make fourth attempt to have Russian pianist perform in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - The decision to cancel a Russian pianist's concert in Vancouver over concerns of protests has left Leila Getz conflicted as she ponders whether a rising young superstar she has repeatedly ...
Mar 8, 2022
Colombia protest leaders hope to gain seats in Congress
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Jennifer Pedraza has been spending a great deal of time in the streets recently - leading protests that stopped Colombia's government from raising taxes on the middle class and...
Mar 8, 2022
6 teens charged with murder in Iowa school shooting
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Des Moines Police say they have arrested and charged six teenagers with murder in a shooting outside a school that killed a 15-year-old boy and seriously injured two teenage gi...
Mar 8, 2022
Jury deliberations begin in 1st trial over Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal jury began deliberating on Tuesday in the case against a Texas man whose trial is the first for the hundreds of people charged in the riot at the U.S. Capitol last year. Gu...
Mar 8, 2022
Canada's Arendz collects 10th Paralympic medal, a gold in 10K biathlon
Mark Arendz set the bar impossibly high by climbing the medal podium in every one of his six races at the Pyeongchang Paralympics in 2018. It was a Canadian record for a medals won in a winter Paralym...
Mar 8, 2022