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Fact File: Canadians can defend against home invaders, but force must be 'reasonable'
Assault charges laid by a local police service against a man in Lindsay, Ont. - whose altercation with an alleged home intruder left the intruder with life-threatening injuries - sparked public critic...
Aug 22, 2025
Health Canada approves updated Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for fall
TORONTO - Health Canada has authorized updated COVID-19 vaccines by Pfizer and BioNTech and by Moderna for use this respiratory virus season. Moderna says it will manufacture vaccine doses for the Can...
Aug 22, 2025
B.C. chiefs say Cowichan title ruling 'monumental,' not meant to threaten homeowners
VANCOUVER - The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs is calling a recent court decision on Aboriginal title on land along the Fraser River a "monumental" development, but says the case isn't about ...
Aug 22, 2025
B.C. chiefs say Cowichan title ruling 'monumental,' not meant to threaten homeowners
VANCOUVER - The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs is calling a recent court decision on Aboriginal title on land along the Fraser River a "monumental" development, but says the case isn't about ...
Aug 22, 2025
Hegseth fires general whose agency's intel assessment of damage from Iran strikes angered Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired a general whose agency's initial intelligence assessment of damage to Iran nuclear sites from U.S. strikes angered President Donald Trump, ac...
Aug 22, 2025
Legal arguments heard in fitness hearing for Vancouver festival attack suspect
VANCOUVER - The defence lawyer for the man accused of killing 11 people at Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day festival earlier this year has concluded legal arguments about whether his client is fit to stand t...
Aug 22, 2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is freed from Tennessee jail so he can rejoin family in Maryland to await trial
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from jail in Tennessee on Friday so he can rejoin his family in Maryland while awaiting trial on human smuggling charges. The Salvadoran natio...
Aug 22, 2025
Rollover crash involving tour bus on the New York Thruway leaves multiple dead, others injured
PEMBROKE, N.Y. (AP) - A tour bus returning to New York City from Niagara Falls with more than 50 passengers crashed and rolled Friday on an interstate highway, killing and injuring multiple people, po...
Aug 22, 2025
Justice Department issues transcripts of interviews with Epstein ex-girlfriend Maxwell
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department on Friday released transcripts of interviews its No. 2 official did with Jeffrey Epstein's imprisoned former girlfriend as the Trump administration scrambles t...
Aug 22, 2025
Colorado judge rejects plea agreement for funeral director who acknowledged abusing 191 corpses
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A Colorado judge on Friday rejected a plea agreement for a funeral home owner who acknowledged abusing 191 corpses, many of which languished in a room-temperature buildi...
Aug 22, 2025
