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Delaying Parliament's return until Nov. 22 will impact COVID-19 benefits: NDP
OTTAWA - Peter Julian, the NDP's leader of the House of Commons, has written to the government complaining about its decision to delay the return of Parliament. Julian says delaying MPs' return to the...
Oct 18, 2021
Biden team asks Supreme Court to pause Texas abortion law
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration is asking the Supreme Court to block the Texas law banning most abortions, while the fight over the measure's constitutionality plays out in the courts. The ...
Oct 18, 2021
FIFA, Qatar team up with WHO for World Cup health promotion
GENEVA (AP) - FIFA and Qatari organizers of next year's World Cup teamed up with the World Health Organization on Monday to use soccer's marquee event for promoting public health. The move follows yea...
Oct 18, 2021
Viewing platform opens at Peggy's Cove in Nova Scotia with eye to improving safety
PEGGY'S COVE, N.S. - A large viewing platform was officially opened today near the postcard-perfect lighthouse at Nova Scotia's Peggy's Cove. The 1,300-square-metre deck was designed to improve access...
Oct 18, 2021
Montreal firefighter dead after falling into St. Lawrence River during rescue mission
MONTREAL - A Montreal firefighter has died after falling into the St. Lawrence River during a rescue mission Sunday night. Mayor Valrie Plante on Monday offered her condolences to the family and colle...
Oct 18, 2021
Official: Czech president can't perform duties due to health
PRAGUE (AP) - Health problems were preventing Czech President Milos Zeman from carrying out his duties, an official said Monday. The speaker of the Czech Senate, Milos Vystrcil, said that a letter he ...
Oct 18, 2021
NDP calls for independent social media regulator as scrutiny of Facebook heats up
OTTAWA - New Democrats are demanding the federal government crack down on social media giants following recent revelations by a Facebook executive. At a news conference in Ottawa this morning, NDP MP ...
Oct 18, 2021
Witnesses: Ethiopian military airstrikes hit Tigray capital
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Ethiopian military airstrikes have hit the capital of the country's Tigray region and killed at least three people, witnesses said Monday, returning the war abruptly to Mekele af...
Oct 18, 2021
Protestors disrupt flame lighting for Beijing Winter Games
OLYMPIA, Greece - Three activists protesting human rights abuses in China have sneaked into the archaeological site where the flame lighting ceremony for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is being held...
Oct 18, 2021
Colin Powell has died of COVID-19 complications, family says
WASHIINGTON (AP) - Colin Powell, former Joint Chiefs chairman and secretary of state, has died from COVID-19 complications, his family said Monday. He was 84. In an announcement on social media, the f...
Oct 18, 2021