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Georgia high court allows Saturday voting for Senate runoff
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia counties will be allowed to hold early voting this Saturday in the U.S. Senate runoff election between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Wa...
Nov 23, 2022
BC NDP housing legislation advances toward third reading after Tuesday votes
VICTORIA - The first two pieces of legislation proposed by Premier David Eby have passed second reading and return to the legislature today as he follows through on a pledge to act quickly on key issu...
Nov 23, 2022
Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry: RCMP union calls for more resources
HALIFAX - The group that represents almost 20,000 regular members of the RCMP has submitted a list of 28 recommendations to the inquiry investigating the April 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia. The N...
Nov 23, 2022
Robbery, chase, shooting, crash and police response cause mayhem in Coquitlam, B.C.
COQUITLAM, B.C. - A search is underway for two people linked to a violent series of events that brought the Tuesday evening rush hour to a standstill along a section of Highway 1 through Coquitlam, B....
Nov 23, 2022
Canadian men lay claim to the turf at World Cup stadium before tournament opener
AL RAYYAN, Qatar - Canada came armed to the World Cup. During World Cup qualifying the Canadian men travelled with a sword which bears the words 'Nihil timendum est,' which is 'Fear Nothing' in Latin....
Nov 23, 2022
Alta.'s tactic of doling out cash fuels inflation rather than easing it: economists
Economists say provinces peppering the public with cash to deal with soaring prices compounds inflation rather than easing it. Travis Shaw says the move fails to quell inflation because having extra m...
Nov 23, 2022
Canadians ready for today's World Cup game against Belgium — first match since 1986
MONTREAL - Watch parties are planned across the country today as soccer fans get ready for the World Cup match between Canada and Belgium - Canada's first game in the tournament since 1986. In Montrea...
Nov 23, 2022
NHL notebook: Early season 'Fire Lindy' chants didn't 'sit well' with surging Devils
Miles Wood was in his car and not in a good mood. New Jersey Devils fans were in the same boat for different reasons. A team with heightened expectations after a mostly miserable decade had just dropp...
Nov 23, 2022
From Mexico to Qatar, Jamie Lowery's Canadian World Cup adventure continues
DOHA, Qatar - Thirty-six years later, Jamie Lowery is back at the World Cup. Lowery, one of two amateurs on the Canadian team that played at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, has returned to the soccer sh...
Nov 23, 2022
UK top court rules against Scottish independence vote plan
LONDON (AP) - The U.K. Supreme Court has ruled that Scotland does not have the power to hold a new referendum on independence without the consent of the British government. The judgment is a setback f...
Nov 23, 2022