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Federal Court dismisses applications against Trudeau's 2020 firearms ban
OTTAWA - The Federal Court today dismissed a legal challenge to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's May 2020 regulations banning some 1,500 styles of firearms. Justice Catherine Kane says in a decision re...
Oct 30, 2023
Indigenous group wants Buffy Sainte-Marie to lose 2018 Juno over ancestry doubts
The Indigenous Women's Collective is calling for Buffy Sainte-Marie to lose her 2018 Juno Award for Indigenous album of the year, after a CBC story raised doubts about the singer's ancestry. The colle...
Oct 30, 2023
Vipers forward out for season
The Vernon Vipers have announced that forward Owen King will miss the entire BC Hockey League season due to a chronic injury that will require surgery.The nature of the injury was not released by the ...
Oct 30, 2023
Federal charge says former North Dakota lawmaker traveled to Prague with intent to rape minor
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A former longtime North Dakota lawmaker has been indicted on a federal charge alleging he traveled to Prague with the intent to rape a minor. The four-page indictment against for...
Oct 30, 2023
Feds ban WeChat, Kaspesky apps from government-issued devices over security concerns
OTTAWA - The federal government is banning WeChat and Kaspersky applications from its phones over security concerns. WeChat is a social network, messaging and payments app from Chinese company Tencent...
Oct 30, 2023
Climate change: Droughts, heavy rain turn Canada's pumpkin harvest spooky
Severe weather across Canada caused by climate change has wreaked havoc with the pumpkin harvest this year. Nova Scotia pumpkin farmer Danny Dill says the spring planting season was arid because of wi...
Oct 30, 2023
Joly to plead for humanitarian pauses as she says time is running out to help in Gaza
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says time is running out to help people in Gaza. In a speech to the Economic Club of Canada in Toronto this afternoon, Joly is expected to plead for human...
Oct 30, 2023
Illinois man pleads not guilty to hate crime and murder charges in attack on Muslim mother and son
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - A man accused of murder, attempted murder and a hate crime in an attack on a Palestinian American woman and her young son pleaded not guilty Monday following his indictmen t by an ...
Oct 30, 2023
Poilievre calls on Liberals to exempt all forms of home heating from carbon price
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Liberals to exempt all forms of home heating from the carbon price, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced an exemption on home h...
Oct 30, 2023
Teck Resources president and COO Harry Conger to retire Wednesday
VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. says Harry (Red) Conger will retire as president and chief operating officer, effective Wednesday. He is also expected to step down from Teck's board of directors at th...
Oct 30, 2023
