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World curling championship redo in Prince George for Canada's Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson and Prince George, B.C., are about to get a women's world curling championship do-over. Einarson, third Val Sweeting, second Shannon Birchard and lead Brianne Meilleur had just arrived ...
Mar 17, 2022

Indigenous mother proposes class action lawsuit on birth alerts in Manitoba
WINNIPEG - A woman whose newborn was removed by police and social workers in a video broadcast live on social media in 2019 has proposed a class-action lawsuit against the Manitoba government. The wom...
Mar 17, 2022

Supreme Court won't hear appeal of Nova Scotia's man's 'Grabher' licence plate case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada won't hear an appeal by a Nova Scotia man who was seeking to reverse the revocation of a personalized licence plate bearing his surname, "Grabher." As is customary...
Mar 17, 2022

Supreme Court dismisses appeal to stop class action against RCMP for bullying
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal from the federal government trying to stop a class action against the RCMP over bullying and harassment. Last fall the Federal Court of App...
Mar 17, 2022

WHO may reject Canadian-made Medicago COVID-19 vaccine because of ties to big tobacco
OTTAWA - The World Health Organization says it is expecting to reject the COVID-19 vaccine candidate from Canada's Medicago because of the company's ties to big tobacco. The Medicago Covifenz vaccine ...
Mar 17, 2022

Lucky Loser: Canada gets wild-card berth for 16-team Davis Cup Finals
LONDON - Canada has been chosen as a replacement wild-card entry for the group stage of the Davis Cup Finals in September. The International Tennis Federation announced Thursday that Canada would rece...
Mar 17, 2022

Japan princess says lives lost in Ukraine breaks her heart
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese Emperor Naruhito's only daughter, Princess Aiko, said she is heartbroken by the loss of many lives in Ukraine during her first solo news conference Thursday as an adult royal mem...
Mar 17, 2022

Plan for associate physicians in British Columbia is stalled by pandemic
VANCOUVER - B.C.'s remedy for bringing more foreign-trained doctors into the medical profession has been delayed, sidelining potential candidates and prolonging pressure on the province's health syste...
Mar 17, 2022

Under headline jobs figures, report finds pockets of weakness in rebound for women
OTTAWA - A new report says women's historically high numbers in the country's labour force remain below where they might have been if COVID-19 had never occurred. The report from the Labour Market Inf...
Mar 17, 2022

More Line 5 disputes, GG requested briefing on Indian Act : In The News for March 17
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 17 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Mar 17, 2022