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Poland seeks expulsion of 45 Russians suspected of spying
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland has identified 45 Russian intelligence officers using diplomatic status as cover to stay in the country and authorities are seeking to expel them, officials said Wednesday...
Mar 23, 2022
Daughter-in-law died: Calgary man warns of rockfall on Trans-Canada Highway in B.C.
CALGARY - Alan Tennant and his wife, Rona, were driving on the Trans-Canada Highway through the Rocky Mountains earlier this month when the unthinkable happened. The two were on their way to Golden, B...
Mar 23, 2022
Behind the scenes of the removal of residential schools memorial from Parliament Hill
OTTAWA - The federal government had originally hoped to remove a Parliament Hill memorial dedicated to Indigenous children who died and went missing from residential schools months earlier than actual...
Mar 23, 2022
Victoria council debates First Nation reconciliation fund option for property taxes
VICTORIA - Homeowners in Victoria could soon have the option to voluntarily add between five and 10 per cent extra to their annual property tax bill as a contribution to a reconciliation fund for loca...
Mar 23, 2022
Political scientist Lori Turnbull says confidence and supply deal is unnecessary
OTTAWA - New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh could face some tough questions as the ink dries on a newly announced deal that would see his party support the Liberal minority government for the next thre...
Mar 23, 2022
Victoria council debates First Nation reconciliation fund option for property taxes
VICTORIA - Homeowners in Victoria could soon have the option to voluntarily add between five and 10 per cent extra to their annual property tax bill as a contribution to a reconciliation fund for loca...
Mar 23, 2022
Trudeau arrives in Brussels to address European Parliament ahead of NATO, G7 talks
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kicks off a whirlwind trip with an address to the European Parliament in Brussels later today on his second visit to the continent this month. Trudeau will stress the imp...
Mar 23, 2022
Tornado rips through New Orleans and its suburbs, killing 1
ARABI, La. (AP) - A tornado tore through parts of New Orleans and its suburbs Tuesday night, flipping cars, ripping roofs off homes and killing at least one person in a region that was pummeled by Hur...
Mar 22, 2022
Protesters in Jamaica spurn royals ahead of official visit
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Protesters in Jamaica raised their fists Tuesday as they donned T-shirts emblazoned with a pair of shackled Black wrists surrounded by the phrases "Seh Yuh Sorry!" and "Ap...
Mar 22, 2022
Ukraine says Russia seized relief workers in Mariupol convoy
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian leaders accused Russia of seizing 15 rescue workers and drivers from a humanitarian convoy trying to get desperately needed food and other supplies into the bloodied por...
Mar 22, 2022
