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Supreme Court allows cities to enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outside
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court decided on Friday that cities can enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outdoors in West Coast areas where shelter space is lacking. The case is the most signifi...
Jun 28, 2024
Halifax shipyard cutting steel as navy aims for first new destroyer operating by 2035
HALIFAX - The Irving shipyard in Halifax is cutting steel for Canada's new destroyers, though the navy says it will be about a decade before the first 8,000-tonne vessel joins military operations. At ...
Jun 28, 2024
Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The Iowa Supreme Court has reversed a lower court ruling that put a temporary block on the state's strict abortion law, and is telling the lower court to let the law take effec...
Jun 28, 2024
Canada's Leylah Fernandez moves into final at Eastbourne
EASTBOURNE - Canada's Leylah Fernandez has advanced to the final of the Rothesay International grass-court tennis tournament. Fernandez, of Laval, Que., defeated defending champion Madison Keys 6-3, 3...
Jun 28, 2024
Different schools of thought on why Canada drapes itself with red and white
FREDERICTON - Canada's unofficial national colours will be on full display Monday as Canadians don patriotic T-shirts, wave hand-held flags and hang bunting to celebrate their country. But while the r...
Jun 28, 2024
When heat waves strike, Environment Canada can link it to climate change — fast
TORONTO - The heat wave that gripped Eastern Canada last week brought stifling conditions, put pressure on the electricity grid and broke several temperature records as residents sweltered. While the ...
Jun 28, 2024
Different schools of thought on why Canada drapes itself with red and white
FREDERICTON - Canada's unofficial national colours will be on full display Monday as Canadians don patriotic T-shirts, wave hand-held flags and hang bunting to celebrate their country. But while the r...
Jun 28, 2024
Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs calls for firework safety as heat intensifies
EDMONTON - With Canada Day fast approaching, Canadian fire chiefs are reminding the public about the safe use of fireworks. Chief of the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs Ken McMullen says people sh...
Jun 28, 2024
Iranians vote to replace president killed in a helicopter crash, but apathy remains high
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iranians were voting Friday in a snap election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash last month, as public apathy has become perv...
Jun 27, 2024
Mo Ahmed, Gabriela DeBues-Stafford win 5,000-metre races at track and field trials
MONTREAL - Mo Ahmed won the men's 5,000-metre race and Gabriela Debues-Stafford finished first in the women's 5K competition Thursday night at the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic track and field trial...
Jun 27, 2024
