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US appeals ruling that would lift asylum restrictions
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - The U.S. government said Wednesday it is appealing a court ruling that would otherwise lift asylum restrictions that have become the cornerstone of border enforcement in recent y...
Dec 07, 2022
Trudeau says 120 countries are ready to agree to 30 by 30 framework at COP15
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he believes at least 120 countries are ready to sign on to a COP15 nature summit target to protect nearly one-third of land and marine coastlines by 2030. B...
Dec 07, 2022
Inspired by late father's words, Jets defenceman Josh Morrissey reaching new heights
Tom Morrissey sat his sons down in the summer of 2021. Cancer ravaging his body and aware he was short on time, the message was clear and to the point. "He didn't want me and my brother to dwell on it...
Dec 07, 2022
Tens of thousands of families have applied for federal child dental benefit: Gould
OTTAWA - Social Development Minister Karina Gould says 35,000 people have applied for the new child dental benefit since the program opened a week ago. Gould was responding to an opposition question i...
Dec 07, 2022
Media shunning transparency law due to worsening delays, journalist says
OTTAWA - Veteran journalist Dean Beeby says reporters are abandoning the federal Access to Information Act as a research tool because turnaround times are terrible and getting worse. The access law al...
Dec 07, 2022
Quebec's auditor finds Education Department ill-prepared for pivot to online learning
Quebec's auditor general says the province's Education Department was ill-prepared when the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to shutter in March 2020 and it still does not have a complete picture of t...
Dec 07, 2022
FBI got tip about shooting suspect a day before 2021 arrest
DENVER (AP) - Authorities said the person who would later kill five at a Colorado gay nightclub was on the FBI's radar a day before being arrested for threatening to kill family members and blow up th...
Dec 07, 2022
VIDEO: 'It was terrifying:' massive fire destroys Bowser gas station
BOWSER - An overnight fire completely destroyed a long-standing gas station serving the community of Bowser.The Esso on Hwy. 19A just north of Coburn Rd. erupted into flames during the late evening of...
Dec 07, 2022
Quebec coroner questions why witnesses failed to report drunk driver before crash
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner is questioning why people who saw a drunk driver get behind the wheel failed to call authorities before he got into a crash that killed four members of a family north of Qu...
Dec 07, 2022
Trial ordered for 5 men in plot to kidnap Michigan governor
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Five men were turned over for trial Wednesday on charges involving a foiled plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Michael Null, William Null, Eric Molitor and Shaw...
Dec 07, 2022