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Conservatives say record number of Canadians signed up to vote for new party leader
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidates say they've sold memberships to hundreds of thousands of Canadians ahead of the September vote. Pierre Poilievre's campaign claims to have signed up more th...
Jun 06, 2022
Canada, Chile sign memorandum of understanding to advance gender equality
OTTAWA - Canada and Chile have signed an agreement to advance gender equality and women's empowerment in both countries. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Chilean President Gabriel Boric attended a sp...
Jun 06, 2022
Curling Canada high-performance director Peckham to begin transition to retirement
Curling Canada says high-performance director Gerry Peckham will begin the transition to retirement next season. The organization says his role will be reduced to 50 per cent starting on Sept. 1. Curl...
Jun 06, 2022
Federal judge OKs Oklahoma’s lethal injection method
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A federal judge in Oklahoma on Monday ruled the state's three-drug lethal injection method is constitutional, paving the way for the state to request execution dates for more than...
Jun 06, 2022
US general: Ukraine will keep getting ‘significant’ support
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) - The United States and its allies will keep providing "significant" support to Ukraine out of respect for the legacy of D-Day soldiers, whose victory over the Nazis he...
Jun 06, 2022
Evacuations, local state of emergency in northwest B.C., as flood risk rises
VANCOUVER - Evacuation orders have been issued for three small communities in northwestern British Columbia as the flood risk rises across the region. Residents of the Terrace-area communities of Old ...
Jun 06, 2022
Biden hoping to avoid Summit of the Americas flop in LA
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mexican President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador confirmed Monday that he will not attend the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles this week, dealing a blow to the event hosted by U.S. ...
Jun 06, 2022
N.S. mass killer slipped by Truro police in nine-minute journey on Day 2 of rampage
TRURO, N.S. - A mass killer in a replica police vehicle was able to drive undetected through the largest Nova Scotia town in the vicinity of his murders, slipping by local constables who had received ...
Jun 06, 2022
Live updates | Russian FM warns West over long-range rockets
MOSCOW - The Russian foreign minister has warned the West that if it provides Ukraine with long-range rockets, Moscow will respond by taking over larger areas of Ukraine. Speaking during an online new...
Jun 06, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: Welcome aboard the Imperial bandwagon, Boris
WHAT DO THE QUEEN'S JUBILEE and FireSmart have in common? I'll explain.I was at a community FireSmart meeting the other night in which several speakers explained what homeowners can do to reduce the r...
Jun 06, 2022
