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Ottawa protest gridlock sparks criticism of police as residents demand city back
OTTAWA - The ire of Ottawa residents about the downtown paralysis created by a protest against COVID-19 measures is sparking questions concerning the role of police in ensuring public order. Ottawa po...
Jan 31, 2022
California moves to dismantle nation's largest death row
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who three years ago placed a moratorium on executions, now is moving to dismantle the United States' largest death row by moving all condemned i...
Jan 31, 2022
Fatal crash in Shuswap
RCMP say a resident of the Salmon Arm area died in a single-vehicle crash.Officers and BC Ambulance were called to the 8000 block of Black Road near Salmon Arm Friday, Jan. 28 to a report of a vehicle...
Jan 31, 2022
Conservative MP supports riding association's petition against 'O'Toole carbon tax'
OTTAWA - A Conservative riding association has launched a petition against leader Erin O'Toole's decision to introduce a carbon tax. The party's electoral district for the rural Saskatchewan riding of...
Jan 31, 2022
Immigration processing times to return to standard in 2022: minister
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says the government will get back on track by the end of the year after COVID-19 caused a major backlog in the processing of immigration applications and long...
Jan 31, 2022
Ahmaud Arbery's parents object to DOJ's hate crime plea deal
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - The son and father convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery have reached a plea agreement that could avoid their trial on federal hate crime charges. Arbery's parents denounced the d...
Jan 31, 2022
Liam Gill to replace injured Derek Livingston on Canadian snowboard team
Canada's Derek Livingston will not compete in men's snowboard halfpipe at the Beijing Olympics after sustaining a lower-body injury during a recent training run. Livingstone, from Aurora, Ont., will b...
Jan 31, 2022
Budget officer suggests feds' foreign homeowner tax to yield less than Liberals plan
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer is estimating that a new federal tax on vacant, foreign-owned properties may not bring in as much as the Liberals hope. The one-per-cent tax was to take effec...
Jan 31, 2022
African Union suspends Burkina Faso after coup last week
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) - The African Union has suspended Burkina Faso until constitutional order is restored in the West African country, the organization announced in a tweet on Monday. The s...
Jan 31, 2022
Cyprus overturns UK woman's conviction for making up rape
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - The Supreme Court in Cyprus overturned the conviction of a British woman given a four-month suspended sentence for making up claims that she was gang raped by as many as a dozen...
Jan 31, 2022
