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Judge halts Wyoming abortion ban days after it took effect
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Abortion will again be legal in Wyoming - at least for now - after a judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a ban that took effect a few days earlier. Teton County District Court...
Mar 22, 2023
Police-reported hate crimes rise again, as pandemic worsens discrimination: StatCan
OTTAWA - New figures released by Statistics Canada show hate crimes reported to police continued to spike across the country in the second year of the pandemic as people were targeted by race, religio...
Mar 22, 2023
Alberta information commissioner to investigate Kearl tailings leak notifications
EDMONTON - Alberta's information commissioner has started an investigation into how the province's energy regulator notified the public about tailings pond releases at Imperial Oil's Kearl mine. "Info...
Mar 22, 2023
Liberals introduce legislation to create a corporate ownership registry
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are moving ahead with plans to create an ownership registry after promising to increase transparency about who owns and controls corporations. Industry Minister Franois-P...
Mar 22, 2023
Bichette, Varsho homer and Berrios pitches five solid innings as Jays beat Orioles
DUNEDIN, Fla. - Bo Bichette and Daulton Varsho hit solo homers, Jose Berrios pitched five solid innings and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 2-1 in spring training baseball action Wedn...
Mar 22, 2023
Russia, Belarus barred from next season's ice hockey worlds
ZURICH (AP) - Russia and Belarus teams were excluded by the International Ice Hockey Federation on Wednesday from all its world championships next season, including the women's event in the United Sta...
Mar 22, 2023
Andreescu defeats Raducanu, moves on to second round of Miami Open
MIAMI - Canada's Bianca Andreescu won a matchup of former U.S. Open champions and moved on to the second round of the Miami Open tennis tournament with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 win over Britain's Emma Raducanu...
Mar 22, 2023
Police: 2 school administrators shot at Denver high school
DENVER (AP) - Two school administrators were shot on Wednesday morning at a Denver high school after a handgun was found on a student subjected to daily searches, authorities said. The male, juvenile ...
Mar 22, 2023
CFL's annual Canadian combine has come a long way since O'Shea participated
The CFL combine has come a long way since Mike O'Shea auditioned for league officials. In 1993, O'Shea was a top pro prospect at the University of Guelph. After participating in the combine in Winnipe...
Mar 22, 2023
Anholt tabbed to lead Canada's world junior squad after success with U18 team
CALGARY - Peter Anholt has been tasked with helping Canada win a third straight world junior hockey championship after two successful seasons leading the country's under-18 program. Anholt, who heads ...
Mar 22, 2023