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Car hits 9 people at Quebec polling station; status of 77-year-old woman 'uncertain'
MONTREAL - Police say the condition of a 77-year-old woman is uncertain after she was among nine people hit by a car outside a polling station in a Montreal suburb Monday evening. Sgt. Vronique Comtoi...
Sep 21, 2021
Schools in Salmon Arm, B.C., maintain some safety measures after anti-vax protest
SALMON ARM, B.C. - The main doors of many public schools in Salmon Arm, B.C., will remain locked Tuesday but the school district says it has lifted "hold and secure" measures in place since a disturbi...
Sep 21, 2021
Everything old is new again after election returns virtually identical Parliament
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be returning to Ottawa without the majority government mandate Liberals had hoped for when he called the early election last month. Early Tuesday, the Liber...
Sep 21, 2021
Libya lawmakers pass no confidence vote for transition govt
BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) - Libyan lawmakers on Tuesday passed a vote of no confidence in the country's transitional government, an official said, a move that throws long-waited elections late this year in...
Sep 21, 2021
Toronto Argonauts hire veteran CFL coach Chris Jones as a defensive consultant
TORONTO - Chris Jones is back coaching in the CFL. The Toronto Argonauts announced Tuesday the veteran coach has joined Ryan Dinwiddie's staff as a defensive consultant. Jones, 54, has spent 18 years ...
Sep 21, 2021
Fans return to Kal Tire Place
Fans will be back at Kal Tire Place as the Vernon Vipers host the Salmon Arm Silverbacks in BCHL preseason action tonight (Sept. 21).Vipers head coach and GM Jason McKee says he and the team are excit...
Sep 21, 2021
Hold and secure at District 83 schools ends
The North Okanagan-Shuswap School District has ended the 'hold and secure' for all of its schools as of today.The measure was put in place last Friday due to some COVID-related protestors who entered ...
Sep 21, 2021
UK police charge 3rd Russian in 2018 poisoning of ex-spy
LONDON (AP) - British police said Tuesday they are charging a third Russian suspect in the 2018 nerve agent attack on a former Russian agent in England. Scotland Yard said prosecutors believe there is...
Sep 21, 2021
Liberal election victory and next steps in Ottawa: In The News for Sept. 21
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 Sept. 21 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Sep 21, 2021
Taliban name deputy ministers, double down on all-male team
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban expanded their interim Cabinet by naming more ministers and deputies on Tuesday, but failed to appoint any women, doubling down on a hard-line course despite the ...
Sep 21, 2021
