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Mass shooting victim's family calls for end to sales of decommissioned RCMP vehicles
TRURO, N.S. - The family of the 22nd and final victim in the Nova Scotia mass shooting is calling for a permanent moratorium on the sale of decommissioned RCMP vehicles to the general public. Jane Len...
Sep 21, 2022
Blue Bombers to add former receiver Poplawski to their Ring of Honour
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers will add former receiver Joe Poplawski to the club's Ring of Honour at IG Field. Poplawski will become the 14th inductee at halftime of Winnipeg's regular-season f...
Sep 21, 2022
Ex-cop Lane gets 3 years in plea deal for aiding Floyd death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A former Minneapolis police officer who pleaded guilty to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd was sentenced Wednesday to ...
Sep 21, 2022
Biden pledges $2.9B in food security aid amid Ukraine war
NEW YORK (AP) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday is announcing $2.9 billion in global food security aid to address shortages caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the effects of climate change. T...
Sep 21, 2022
Iran's president: US 'trampled upon' nuclear accord
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Iran's president said Wednesday that the U.S. "trampled upon" Tehran's nuclear accord with world powers in a speech to world leaders at the United Nations. Ebrahim Raisi addresse...
Sep 21, 2022
2 claim $1.337B Mega Millions prize; 3rd-largest US jackpot
CHICAGO (AP) - Two people who wish to remain anonymous have claimed a $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpot after a single ticket to the late July drawing was sold in a Chicago suburb, opting to take a...
Sep 21, 2022
Indigenous kids make up more than half of children in foster care: census
WINNIPEG - Statistics Canada's latest release of 2021 census data shows Indigenous children continue to be overrepresented in the child welfare system. Data collected shows Indigenous children account...
Sep 21, 2022
Census housing report and Toronto police funeral: In The News for Sept. 21, 2022
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022... What we are watch...
Sep 21, 2022
Two weeks after deadly stabbings, James Smith Cree Nation looks to shed the darkness
JAMES SMITH CREE NATION - Tire tracks worn into the gravel roads that lead into James Smith Cree Nation are deeper than they were two weeks ago, remnants of the heavy police presence and the numerous ...
Sep 21, 2022
'I felt a release inside me': Inuk man faces alleged abuser in France
NAJUAAT, NVT. - An Inuk man who alleges he was sexually abused by a former Oblate priest in Nunavut when he was 13 years old says meeting the man face to face after nearly three decades was a relief. ...
Sep 21, 2022