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Press perils: killing of Las Vegas reporter drives home dangers of modern journalism

WASHINGTON - The slaying of a Las Vegas newspaper reporter, allegedly at the hands of one of his investigative targets, is driving home a reality the U.S. hasn't had to confront since the Civil War: j...

Sep 13, 2022

CAQ leader visits Montreal riding held for decades by Liberals but now up for grabs

MONTREAL - Coalition Avenir Qubec Leader Franois Legault is visiting a Montreal riding today that was held by the Liberals for decades but is now a three-way battleground. Legault's trip to the Verdun...

Sep 13, 2022

Feds to unveil details of cost-of-living aids for low, modest income Canadians

SAINT ANDREWS, N.B. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today will unveil the full details of a plan to try and take some of the sting out of inflation for Canadians feeling it the most. Both Liberal and ...

Sep 13, 2022

Mass Saskatchewan stabbing shows gap in how suspect with arrest warrant was at large

OTTAWA - In late May, a parole officer issued an arrest warrant for an offender with a violent criminal past who had recently been released from prison in Saskatchewan and who had since disappeared. M...

Sep 13, 2022

37 B.C. mayors win by acclamation after standing unopposed

VANCOUVER, Wash. - Municipal elections are still more than a month away, but mayors for dozens of communities across B.C. have already won by acclamation after standing unopposed. Nomination informati...

Sep 12, 2022

RCMP say dozens provided statements in B.C. claims of hit-and-run case

MISSION - RCMP in Mission, B.C., say about 30 witnesses have provided statements in an investigation involving the driver of a pickup truck who allegedly hit four people participating in a march relat...

Sep 12, 2022

Quebec election: Party leaders say new Habs captain Suzuki needs to learn French

MONTREAL - Several of Quebec's major party leaders say newly appointed Montreal Canadiens captain Nick Suzuki needs to learn French. Coalition Avenir Qubec leader Franois Legault said the Habs made an...

Sep 12, 2022

Indigenous Services minister to visit site of mass killing in Saskatchewan

JAMES SMITH CREE NATION - The federal minister for Indigenous Services, Patty Hajdu, is scheduled to visit on Tuesday the site of a mass killing in Saskatchewan. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Haj...

Sep 12, 2022

Operating room conditions in Yellowknife hospital are 'unsustainable': nurses

YELLOWKNIFE - A union representing nurses at the largest hospital in the Northwest Territories says working conditions in its operating room are "unsustainable" and the territorial government needs to...

Sep 12, 2022

Green Party MPs threaten to leave, sit as Independents if leadership race suspended

OTTAWA - The two Green Party MPs have threatened to leave the party and sit as Independents if the leadership race is suspended, according to an internal email obtained by The Canadian Press. Elizabet...

Sep 12, 2022