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PETERS: Think what you want to think, say what you want to say about Charlie Kirk's death
THE MURDER OF FAR-RIGHT POLEMICIST Charlie Kirk this week rocked the North American political establishment to its core.If you really feel you need to, you can find very graphic video of Kirk's shooti...
Sep 12, 2025
Pro-Palestinian group protests Israel-Premier Tech team at Quebec cycling Grand Prix
QUBEC - A few dozen pro-Palestinian protesters gathered in Quebec City to denounce the presence of the Israel-Premier Tech (IPT) team at the city's cycling Grand Prix event. They are calling for peopl...
Sep 12, 2025
Legal Aid BC says ex-worker who cheered Kirk's death left organization before killing
VANCOUVER - Legal Aid BC says a former employee seen celebrating the death of American conservative activist Charlie Kirk in an online video had left the organization before this week's shooting. It s...
Sep 12, 2025
Legal Aid BC says ex-worker who cheered Kirk's death left organization before killing
VANCOUVER - Legal Aid BC says a former employee seen celebrating the death of American conservative activist Charlie Kirk in an online video had left the organization before this week's shooting. It s...
Sep 12, 2025
Montreal teen terror case pushed back again as defence awaits evidence
MONTRAL - The case against a 17-year-old Montreal boy who allegedly intended to carry out an attack on behalf of the Islamic State has been postponed once again. Defence Lawyer Tiago Murias asked for ...
Sep 12, 2025
Missouri Senate passes Trump-backed plan that could help Republicans win an additional US House seat
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri Republicans handed President Donald Trump a political victory Friday, giving final legislative approval to a redistricting plan that could help Republicans win an a...
Sep 12, 2025
Boat capsizes in Congo, killing at least 86, most of them students
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - A motorized boat capsized in northwestern Congo's Equateur Province, killing at least 86 people, state media reported Friday. The state news agency reported that the accident oc...
Sep 12, 2025
Logging firm wins injunction to halt Walbran Valley blockade on Vancouver Island
VANCOUVER - A forestry company has won an injunction to halt a blockade against old-growth logging in the Walbran Valley on Vancouver Island. Tsawak-qin Forestry Inc., which is co-owned by Western For...
Sep 12, 2025
Logging firm wins injunction to halt Walbran Valley blockade on Vancouver Island
VANCOUVER - A forestry company has won an injunction to halt a blockade against old-growth logging in the Walbran Valley on Vancouver Island. Tsawak-qin Forestry Inc., which is co-owned by Western For...
Sep 12, 2025
Ottawa pitched extending refugee sponsor pause to late 2028 to fix backlog: records
OTTAWA - The Immigration Department suggested extending a freeze on most private refugee sponsorship applications by three more years to clear backlogs in the system, according to documents obtained b...
Sep 12, 2025
