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CFL interceptions leader Peters set to return to Argonauts secondary
TORONTO - Being out one week was one week too much for cornerback Jamal Peters. Peters, who leads the CFL in interceptions (six) will return to the secondary Saturday when Toronto (8-6) hosts the B.C....
Oct 05, 2022
N.W.T. reaches temporary agreement with union to address health worker shortages
YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories government and the union representing health-care workers in the territory have reached a temporary agreement aimed at addressing labour shortages. The territor...
Oct 05, 2022
B.C. Premier Horgan cites 'multi-faceted' crime approach amid debate about arrests
VICTORIA - B.C. Premier John Horgan says the New Democrat government's crime-fighting agenda involves more than increasing arrests of alleged violent offenders. Horgan says he agrees with Attorney Gen...
Oct 05, 2022
PWHPA tournament to be hosted by Pittsburgh Penguins
PITTSBURGH - The Professional Women's Hockey Players' Association and the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins will co-host a women's tournament Nov. 25-27 at the Penguins' practice facility. The tournament is t...
Oct 05, 2022
Bear expert says B.C. attack on family was likely a rare 'predaceous' incident
VANCOUVER - An expert in bear behaviour says an attack on a family in northeastern British Columbia that left two women with critical injuries appears to have been a rare example of a "predaceous" att...
Oct 05, 2022
Bear expert says B.C. attack on family was likely a rare 'predaceous' incident
VANCOUVER - An expert in bear behaviour says an attack on a family in northeastern British Columbia that left two women with critical injuries appears to have been a rare example of a "predaceous" att...
Oct 05, 2022
Conservative MP's bill on conscience rights fails, but gets Poilievre's support
OTTAWA - Nearly all Conservative members of Parliament voted for a bill they say would protect the conscience rights of health professionals when it comes to medical assistance in dying. The private m...
Oct 05, 2022
Georgia's Warnock outraises Walker as giving to Kemp jumps
ATLANTA (AP) - Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock is maintaining his cash lead in Georgia over Republican challenger Herschel Walker, while incumbent GOP Gov. Brian Kemp's fundraising sharply accele...
Oct 05, 2022
Canada 'contracts out' obligations to refugee claimants, advocates tell top court
OTTAWA - Refugee and human-rights advocates are telling the Supreme Court of Canada that a binational pact "contracts out" Canada's international obligations to refugee claimants to the United States,...
Oct 05, 2022
B.C. Premier Horgan heads to California for climate deal with West Coast governors
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier John Horgan is travelling to San Francisco for meetings with leaders of U.S. West Coast states, where he expects to sign up to joint action on climate change. Horga...
Oct 05, 2022