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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
Mass shooting inquiry: Former Mountie says he quit over quashed alert system proposal
HALIFAX - The inquiry investigating the Nova Scotia mass shooting has heard from a former Mountie who says he became so frustrated trying to get the RCMP to adopt a new public alerting system that he ...
Sep 12, 2022
Red Deer RCMP seek help to identify voyeurism suspect
Red Deer RCMP are seeking the public's help in identifying a suspect alleged to be involved in voyeurism. Shortly before 3 p.m. on Aug. 31, 2022, Red Deer RCMP responded to an incident at Discovery Ca...
Sep 12, 2022
Former UFC fighter Elias (The Spartan) Theodorou won inside and outside the cage
TORONTO - Elias (The Spartan) Theodorou, a charismatic mixed martial artist who campaigned successfully for the right to use medical marijuana as an athlete, has died. He was 34. Jess Moran, his publi...
Sep 12, 2022
Nunavut rolling out new COVID-19 vaccine to older residents
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut says it is rolling out the newly approved bivalent COVID-19 vaccine. The territory is now offering the booster shots to people 70 and older and all residents and staff in lo...
Sep 12, 2022
Coalition on climate adaptation says Canada needs hard targets on disaster resilience
OTTAWA - A coalition on climate adaptation and disaster resilience says air conditioning should become a human right on par with winter heating because climate change is increasing the risks of extrem...
Sep 12, 2022
Canada, U.S. take women's hockey rivalry to B.C. in November
CALGARY - Fresh off winning a women's world hockey championship, Canada will host archrival U.S. in Kelowna and Kamloops, B.C. in November. Games Nov. 15 in Kelowna and Nov. 17 in Kamloops are part of...
Sep 12, 2022
Ontario opens bivalent vaccine appointments for most vulnerable
TORONTO - Ontario is rolling out Omicron-targeted COVID-19 vaccines, starting with residents considered the most vulnerable, including those aged 70 and older, long-term care residents and health-care...
Sep 12, 2022
Thai protester accused of mocking queen gets 2 years' prison
BANGKOK (AP) - A court in Thailand on Monday sentenced an activist to two years in prison for allegedly insulting the country's queen by wearing traditional Thai attire at a demonstration for reform o...
Sep 12, 2022
After the death of a renowned queen, life in London goes on
LONDON (AP) - On morning television, the moment was singularly somber - the departure of the hearse bearing the flag-draped coffin of Queen Elizabeth II. But at the very same hour, as fans in shorts a...
Sep 12, 2022