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Canadian royal 'diehard' camping in London ahead of Queen Elizabeth's funeral
LONDON - Bernadette Christie has had a front-row view of some of the biggest royal events of the last decade. She has seen Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle walk into the church on their wedding days, ...
Sep 15, 2022
Montana judge blocks anti-trans birth certificate rule
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A Montana judge has blocked health officials from enforcing a state rule that would prevent transgender people from changing the gender on their birth certificate. District Cour...
Sep 15, 2022
Director Hubert Davis on 'Black Ice' and the untold Black hockey experience
TORONTO - In the new sports documentary "Black Ice," viewers learn that in 1906 hockey player Eddie Martin became the first to use a technique known as the slapshot - a back swing of the stick known f...
Sep 15, 2022
As midterms loom, lawmakers on Capitol Hill push banking reforms for legal cannabis
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are pushing their Senate colleagues to pass legislation that would make financing easier for cannabis operations in the United States. Retailers and industry adv...
Sep 15, 2022
Roger Federer says he is retiring from professional tennis
Roger Federer announced Thursday that he is retiring from professional tennis at age 41 after winning 20 Grand Slam titles. This decision comes just days after the end of the U.S. Open, which is expec...
Sep 15, 2022
Roger Federer says he is retiring from professional tennis
Roger Federer announced Thursday that he is retiring from professional tennis at age 41 after winning 20 Grand Slam titles. This decision comes just days after the end of the U.S. Open, which is expec...
Sep 15, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: Running for two elected jobs at the same time should be banned
LOTS OF FAMILIAR FACES will be on the civic-election campaign trail, and a lot of new ones, too. In some cases, it adds up to a 50 per cent turnover.Some candidates are returning from a political brea...
Sep 15, 2022
Cyberattacks and holiday disruptions: In The News for Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022
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 Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. What we are watching...
Sep 15, 2022
Dozens of cyberespionage operations perpetrated against Canada since 2010: study
OTTAWA - A new academic analysis has identified at least 75 foreign digital operations of a malicious political or industrial nature directed at Canada since 2010 - from attempts to steal COVID-19-rel...
Sep 15, 2022
'Wow factor': Public website reveals best-yet picture of hundreds of bird migrations
The piercing yellow eyes and deadly hunting skills of the snowy owl awe bird-lovers in the U.S. Midwest every winter. Now, thanks to what has been heralded as the most comprehensive summary of migrati...
Sep 15, 2022
