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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigns over sexual harassment
NEW YORK (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned over a barrage of sexual harassment allegations Tuesday in a fall from grace a year after he was widely hailed nationally for his detailed daily briefings an...
Aug 10, 2021
Canada's housing strategy having 'limited' impact on housing need, PBO says
OTTAWA - Parliament's budget watchdog says the government is falling short of its aim to vastly expand Canada's affordable housing stock despite a spending ramp-up in the billions. In a report publish...
Aug 10, 2021
Ottawa commits $321 million for residential school survivors and communities
OTTAWA - The federal government is committing $321 million in new funding for programs to help Indigenous communities search burial sites at former residential schools and to support survivors and the...
Aug 10, 2021
Redblacks' Kanneh and Williams, Bombers' Oliveira earn CFL top performer honours
Abdul Kanneh, who had a 102-yard interception return for a touchdown that anchored the Ottawa Redblacks' season-opening 16-12 road win over the Edmonton Elks, was named the CFL's top performer Tuesday...
Aug 10, 2021
Some evacuation orders, alerts, lifted near B.C. wildfire but heat set to return
Residents of nearly 400 properties on one flank of a destructive wildfire in British Columbia's southern Interior are being allowed to head home. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has downgraded a...
Aug 10, 2021
O'Toole warns Canadians not safe in China after court upholds death sentence
OTTAWA - Federal Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is accusing Beijing of using the death penalty for political purposes after a Chinese court upheld a Canadian's death sentence. O'Toole is also reopen...
Aug 10, 2021
Wisconsin governor vetoes GOP bills to restrict absentees
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a series of bills Tuesday passed by the state's Republican-controlled Legislature that would have imposed new restrictions on absentee ballots in ...
Aug 10, 2021
Evacuation downgrades around White Rock Lake wildfire
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) has issued a series of evacuation downgrades for communities near the large White Rock Lake wildfire.Communities on the western and southern edg...
Aug 10, 2021
Ethiopia to citizens: Stop Tigray forces 'once and for all'
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Ethiopia's government on Tuesday called on "all capable Ethiopians" to join the military and stop resurgent forces from the embattled Tigray region "once and for all," seemingly ...
Aug 10, 2021
Canadian faces spy ruling as Huawei decision looms
BEIJING (AP) - A Canadian entrepreneur who was charged with spying after his government arrested an executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei faces a possible verdict Wednesday as Beijing steps up pressu...
Aug 10, 2021
