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Live updates | Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Barack Obama has condemned the U.S. Supreme Court ending constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years. Obama said on Twitter that t...
Jun 24, 2022
Public inquiry in Nova Scotia seeking explanation from Ottawa about withheld notes
HALIFAX - The inquiry investigating the Nova Scotia mass shooting wants to know why the federal Justice Department withheld for several months four pages of notes from a senior Mountie. In the handwri...
Jun 24, 2022
Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade; states can ban abortion
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade. Friday'...
Jun 24, 2022
Hillier calls on Ottawa to provide aid to Ukraine, laments waning interest in war
OTTAWA - Retired general Rick Hillier is lamenting what he sees as waning Canadian interest in the war in Ukraine as public and political attention turns increasingly toward the rising rate of inflati...
Jun 24, 2022
Andreescu in Bad Homburg final after Halep withdraws
BAD HOMBURG, Germany - Canada's Bianca Andreescu reached her first final in more than a year after Simona Halep withdrew ahead of their semifinal match at the Bad Homburg Open on Friday with a neck in...
Jun 24, 2022
COLLINS: Band-Aids will be the next thing in short supply
I THINK THE NEXT THING to be in short supply are Band-Aids. I say this only partly tongue-in-cheek or else we need much bigger Band-Aids. Why? Because the government is trying to cover so many wounds,...
Jun 24, 2022
Avalanche on the cusp of dethroning Lightning and winning third Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup will be in the building tonight when the Colorado Avalanche welcome the Tampa Bay Lightning to Denver's Ball Arena for Game 5 of the NHL final. The Avalanche lead the best-of-seven ser...
Jun 24, 2022
Former CFL player Joshua Boden to be sentenced for second-degree murder
VANCOUVER - A former Canadian Football League wide receiver convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend is expected to be sentenced in B.C. Supreme Court today. Joshua Boden was found guilty last fall of s...
Jun 24, 2022
Commonwealth leaders' summit officially opens Friday in Rwanda
KIGALI, Rwanda - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will begin a series of closed-door meetings in Rwanda on Friday to try to bring Commonwealth countries onside with Canada's climate goals and its view of...
Jun 24, 2022
Former CFL player Joshua Boden to be sentenced for second-degree murder
VANCOUVER - A former Canadian Football League wide receiver convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend is expected to be sentenced in B.C. Supreme Court today. Joshua Boden was found guilty last fall of s...
Jun 24, 2022
