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'Wagatha Christie': Soccer spouses' libel battle opens in UK
LONDON (AP) - A trial involving two soccer spouses, one of whom publicly called out the other for allegedly leaking her private social media posts to a British tabloid newspaper, opened Tuesday in Lon...
May 10, 2022
Ottawa weighing ballistic missile defence as part of North American defence upgrades
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Anita Anand says the federal government is weighing whether Canada should join the U.S. in actively defending against intercontinental ballistic missiles. Anand made the comm...
May 10, 2022
'It didn't cross their minds': Emergency director says RCMP didn't consider alert
HALIFAX - The head of Nova Scotia's Emergency Management Office sayshe found it surprisingthe RCMP waited so long to issue a provincewide alert about a gunman who killed 22 people during a 13-hour ram...
May 10, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: Mayors praise Eby but study delays solutions to prolific offenders
WHY B.C.'S MAYORS, including the mayor of Kamloops, are waxing enthusiastic about Attorney-General David Eby's offer to study prolific offenders isn't hard to figure out.They simply don't want to appe...
May 10, 2022
Some cities will not halve child-care fees by end of year, study finds
OTTAWA - The federal government's highly touted national child-care program aims to make care more affordable for parents, but a new study suggests just how much fees are reduced will depend on where ...
May 10, 2022
'The land is my therapy': healing centre encourages reconnecting with Inuit identity
KUUJJUAQ, Que. - On the shore of a still-frozen lake in front of a traditional Inuit dwelling with the spring sun melting the snow underfoot, the Governor General met eight women who are reconnecting ...
May 10, 2022
Government finances better than expected, surgical backlogs : In The News for May 10
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 May 10 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
May 10, 2022
Government coffers fuller than expected due to higher inflation, growth: Desjardins
OTTAWA - A new analysis of government finances across the country says revenues were much stronger than expected in the last year due to higher inflation and economic growth. The analysis by Desjardin...
May 10, 2022
Second complainant expected to testify today in Jacob Hoggard sex assault trial
TORONTO - A second woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard is expected to take the stand at his sex assault trial today. Hoggard, the frontman for the band Hedl...
May 10, 2022
Alberta Court of Appeal to rule whether federal assessment law is unconstitutional
CALGARY - Alberta's highest court is set to release a decision today on the province's attempt to declare the federal government's environmental assessment act unconstitutional. The Alberta government...
May 10, 2022
