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Online criteria for Afghan refugee program changes, applies to only those who've fled
OTTAWA - The Canadian government has quietly changed the criteria on its website for a special program for vulnerable Afghan refugees so that only those who have already managed to escape to other cou...
Oct 25, 2021
Texas governor approves state voting maps redrawn by GOP
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday signed redrawn voting maps that pave a safer path for the GOP's slipping majority, leaving opponents hoping courts will block the newly...
Oct 25, 2021
Bayern star Joshua Kimmich at center of COVID vaccine debate
BERLIN (AP) - Bayern Munich soccer star Joshua Kimmich has found himself at the center of a debate in Germany over the merits of vaccination against the coronavirus. The 26-year-old Kimmich, tipped as...
Oct 25, 2021
Toronto Arrows re-sign Gaston Mieres, Adrian Wadden and add jumbo Australian prop
TORONTO - The Toronto Arrows have re-signed Uruguayan wing/fullback Gaston Mieres, the club's leading try-scorer. The 32-year-old Uruguayan, back for a fourth season in Major League Rugby, has 13 trie...
Oct 25, 2021
North Carolina man identified as victim of John Wayne Gacy
CHICAGO (AP) - A North Carolina man who moved to Chicago was one of the victims of John Wayne Gacy, who was convicted of killing 33 young men and boys in the 1970s, authorities said Monday. Francis Wa...
Oct 25, 2021
Messier offers his views on leadership, success in new memoir 'No One Wins Alone"
Mark Messier calls "No One Wins Alone" his memoir. But it's really the hockey icon's recipe for success, on and off the ice. And given Messier's resume, it's no surprise he wrote the book on winning. ...
Oct 25, 2021
GG, Legion mark 100th anniversary of poppy symbol during fundraising campaign launch
OTTAWA - Gov. Gen. Mary May Simon received the symbolic first poppy Monday as the Royal Canadian Legion launched this year's annual national fundraising campaign for veterans ahead of Remembrance Day....
Oct 25, 2021
Ohio printed 35,000 wrong Wright Brothers license plates
COLUMBUS, OHIO (AP) - Ohio printed out 35,000 new license plates before realizing a banner depicted on the plate was attached to the wrong end of the Wright Brothers' historic first plane, the Wright ...
Oct 25, 2021
Ex-Canadian Armed Forces reservist should get 25 years in prison: U.S. prosecutors
GREENBELT, Md. - A former Canadian Armed Forces reservist who faces up to 25 years in prison for his role in a plot to violently trigger a race war in the United States was already backing away from t...
Oct 25, 2021
Turkey's Erdogan lifts threat to expel Western ambassadors
ISTANBUL (AP) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan late Monday stepped back from a threat to expel the ambassadors of 10 Western nations over their support for a jailed activist, defusing a potent...
Oct 25, 2021