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How the truckers' convoy might show where the Conservative party is headed next
OTTAWA - A convoy of protesters against COVID-19 restrictions that has settled into downtown Ottawa has provided a test for the Conservative party as it rolls into a leadership race. "I spent the week...
Feb 04, 2022
Tennessee gov, GOP push more scrutiny of school libraries
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Less than a week after a local Tennessee school board attracted national attention for banning a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust, Gov. Bill Lee went pu...
Feb 04, 2022
Views from the front lines: The stories of those inside an Ontario hospital
SARNIA, Ont. - Behind the daily statistics of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations are grieving families, exhausted nurses and frightened patients. Here's a look at some of their stories. SISTERS ...
Feb 04, 2022
Northwest Territories defeats Manitoba 8-6 in Scotties tiebreaker game
THUNDER BAY, Ont. - Kerry Galusha of the Northwest Territories defeated Manitoba's Mackenzie Zacharias 8-6 in a tiebreaker game Friday morning at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's cur...
Feb 04, 2022
GOP censures Cheney, Kinzinger, moves to pull out of debates
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Republican Party officials on Friday voted to punish GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for their work on the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection and advan...
Feb 04, 2022
'With a heavy heart,' N.B. judge temporarily suspends unvaccinated father's custody
FREDERICTON - A New Brunswick judge has temporarily suspended an unvaccinated father's in-person parenting time with his three children and ruled that their mother can have the children vaccinated des...
Feb 04, 2022
Feds to press ahead with anti-hate bill, including online speech: minister
OTTAWA - Diversity Minister Ahmed Hussen says the government is preparing to press ahead with a law to combat racial and religious hatred, including online hate. In an interview, the minister condemne...
Feb 04, 2022
Locked out MLB players reject offer of federal mediation
NEW YORK (AP) - Locked out players rejected Major League Baseball's request for a federal mediator to enter stalled labor negotiations, a move that pretty much eliminated any chance for an on-time sta...
Feb 04, 2022
Quebec City ready for demonstration against COVID-19 health orders, premier says
Quebec Premier Franois Legault says he's confident a trucker protest planned in Quebec City this weekend against COVID-19 public health orders won't be a repeat of what's happening in Ottawa. Legault ...
Feb 04, 2022
Quebec middleweight Marc-Andre Barriault believes he's found recipe for UFC success
Quebec middleweight Marc-Andre (Powerbar) Barriault is a long way from his hometown of Gatineau, Que., and former training base of Quebec City these days. The 31-year-old mixed martial artist has call...
Feb 04, 2022
