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Paul Pelosi's accused attacker held without bail
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A San Francisco judge on Tuesday ordered the man accused of breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's home, beating her husband and seeking to kidnap her, to be held without bail...
Nov 01, 2022
Alberta NDP says B.C. doctor deal a wakeup call to Smith to knock off pseudo-science
EDMONTON - The leader of Alberta's Opposition NDP says the proposed pay deal for B.C. doctors is a wakeup call to Premier Danielle Smith to stop threatening to take a wrecking ball to Alberta's health...
Nov 01, 2022
Advocates urge MPs to enshrine definition of guns outlawed by Liberals
OTTAWA - A prominent gun-control group is urging MPs to legislatively enshrine a comprehensive ban on firearms the government outlawed using regulatory orders more than two years ago. The Liberals ban...
Nov 01, 2022
Skater Seguin's book details career-ending concussions, toxic relationship with coach
Julianne Seguin has spent a good chunk of the past few years "lying on my bed, staring at the wall" in her family's Montreal home. She's listened to podcasts or audio books, and has had brief conversa...
Nov 01, 2022
Quebec politicians must swear oath to King Charles to sit in legislature: Speaker
QUEBEC - The Speaker of Quebec's legislature says elected politicians must swear an oath to the King before taking office, after members of two parties refused to do so last month. Franois Paradis tod...
Nov 01, 2022
Dozens of recommendations in overdose and drug toxicity report by B.C. MLAs
VICTORIA - An all-party committee at British Columbia's legislature has released a report on drug toxicity and overdose deaths that calls for dozens of urgent steps from the province to address the de...
Nov 01, 2022
Bolsonaro declines to concede Brazil defeat in first address
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday did not concede the election he lost to leftist Lula da Silva in a brief speech that marked his first comments since results were ...
Nov 01, 2022
Dickenson to return as Riders head coach despite disastrous 2022 season
REGINA - Craig Dickenson will return to helm the Saskatchewan Roughriders for a fifth straight season, but several members of his coaching staff are paying the price after the team spiralled out of th...
Nov 01, 2022
Canadian defender Scott Kennedy suffers shoulder injury on the eve of the World Cup
REGENSBURG, Germany - Canadian defender Scott Kennedy has suffered a shoulder injury on the eve of the World Cup. SSV Jahn Regensburg, Kennedy's German club, said the 25-year-old from Calgary was inju...
Nov 01, 2022
$10-a-day childcare arrives in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - One day following Halloween, some parents have much less frightening child care bills to contend with.The B.C. Government announced 167 child care spaces on the mid-Island are now part of th...
Nov 01, 2022