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Kaillie Humphries' legal battle with Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton subject of documentary
In her golden moment atop the medal podium in Beijing, as the U.S. flag was raised, Kaillie Humphries says a couple of Canadian team executives turned their back. Humphries had just become the first w...
Mar 23, 2022

Canada, U.S. enter talks on deal to access, share data in criminal investigations
WASHINGTON - Canada and the United States have started talking about ways to make it easier for law enforcement officials in either country to navigate stringent privacy laws when investigating crimin...
Mar 23, 2022

6 students killed in Oklahoma crash were in car that seats 4
TISHOMINGO, Okla. (AP) - Six teenage students killed in a collision with a semi were riding in a small car with only four seats, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said Wednesday. Only the 16-year-old car's ...
Mar 23, 2022

Defending her record, Jackson back for 3rd day of hearings
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson is returning to the Senate for a third day of hearings as Republicans try to paint her as soft on crime and Democrats herald the historic ...
Mar 23, 2022

Trump rescinds Brooks endorsement in Alabama US Senate race
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday rescinded his endorsement of Rep. Mo Brooks in Alabama's U.S. Senate race in a major blow to the congressman's campaign. In a stateme...
Mar 23, 2022

Thoughts on Liberal-NDP deal, Trudeau in Brussels: In The News for March 23
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 March 23 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Mar 23, 2022

Poland seeks expulsion of 45 Russians suspected of spying
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland has identified 45 Russian intelligence officers using diplomatic status as cover to stay in the country and authorities are seeking to expel them, officials said Wednesday...
Mar 23, 2022

Daughter-in-law died: Calgary man warns of rockfall on Trans-Canada Highway in B.C.
CALGARY - Alan Tennant and his wife, Rona, were driving on the Trans-Canada Highway through the Rocky Mountains earlier this month when the unthinkable happened. The two were on their way to Golden, B...
Mar 23, 2022

Behind the scenes of the removal of residential schools memorial from Parliament Hill
OTTAWA - The federal government had originally hoped to remove a Parliament Hill memorial dedicated to Indigenous children who died and went missing from residential schools months earlier than actual...
Mar 23, 2022

Victoria council debates First Nation reconciliation fund option for property taxes
VICTORIA - Homeowners in Victoria could soon have the option to voluntarily add between five and 10 per cent extra to their annual property tax bill as a contribution to a reconciliation fund for loca...
Mar 23, 2022