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Don't equate plight of Indigenous people with Quebec, Singh says
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he doesn't agree with Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet equating the experience of Indigenous people to the treatment of Quebecers. In Thursday night's E...
Sep 10, 2021
Trial ordered for man charged in fatal Red Deer hit and run
A man charged in a fatal hit and run in north Red Deer three years ago has been ordered to stand trial.Tosh Verstraeten, 32, was ordered to stand trial on July 23 following a preliminary hearing to de...
Sep 10, 2021
Hurricane Larry headed for eastern Newfoundland where gusts could reach 140 km/h
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - As hurricane Larry churns its way toward eastern Newfoundland, residents of the Avalon Peninsula are being warned to brace for hurricane-force winds gusting at 140 kilometres per ho...
Sep 10, 2021
Lebanon forms new government, 1st in over a year
BEIRUT (AP) - The Lebanese presidency says a new government has been formed, breaking a 13-month deadlock that saw the country slide deeper into financial chaos and poverty. Lebanon has been without a...
Sep 10, 2021
The English debate and a Canadian star lights up New York: In The News for Sept. 10
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 Sept. 10 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Sep 10, 2021
Final England-India test off after outbreak in Indian camp
MANCHESTER, England (AP) - The fifth and final test of the cricket series between England and India was canceled Friday, barely an hour before play was due to start, following a coronavirus outbreak i...
Sep 10, 2021
Addressing addiction: A look at what parties are promising for the federal election
CALGARY - Most of Canada's main federal parties have voiced support during the election campaign for removing criminal penalties for simple drug possession and offering safer alternatives to street-le...
Sep 10, 2021
Liberals face loss of progressive votes in bid for Vancouver-Granville, expert says
VANCOUVER - Jody Wilson-Raybould has one piece of advice to give her political successor in the Vancouver Granville riding: follow your own path, and don't reward their political party with blind loya...
Sep 10, 2021
Afghanistan's first female Olympian urges Canada to speed asylum process for refugees
VANCOUVER - Shortly after Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, Friba Rezayee's phone started lighting up with messages from women and girls pleading for help. Rezayee, who made history as one of Afghanist...
Sep 10, 2021
Pope Francis to visit impoverished Roma quarter in Slovakia
KOSICE, Slovakia (AP) - Pope Francis is paying a visit next week to a neighborhood in Slovakia most Slovaks would not even think about going, which until recently even the police would avoid after dar...
Sep 10, 2021