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Abortions resume in some Texas clinics after judge halts law
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Abortions quickly resumed in some Texas clinics Thursday after a federal judge halted the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S., but doctors across the state did not not rush ...
Oct 07, 2021
No response from PM to Kamloops invitation an 'insult': B.C. First Nation
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The Tk'emlps te Secwepemc First Nation says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau "missed an opportunity" to show his commitment to the survivors of residential schools by not replying to its...
Oct 07, 2021
Government consulting with remote Indigenous communities about mandatory vaccines
OTTAWA - The federal government is working on exemptions to its newly released mandatory vaccine policy for people in remote Indigenous communities, many of which are only accessible by airplane. The ...
Oct 07, 2021
Quebec man arrested after 4-day Amber Alert now faces nine additional charges
MONTREAL - A Quebec man arrested after an Amber Alert that spanned four days is now facing nine additional charges. The 36-year-old man, who was arrested on Sept. 5 in Ste-Paule, Que., roughly 400 kil...
Oct 07, 2021
Environment lobby calls out Carney's climate finance credibility
OTTAWA - Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney's credibility as a global climate finance leader is under fire as environment lobby groups say he is allowing some of the biggest banks to use him a...
Oct 07, 2021
Wildfire evacuees growing anxious and running short on funds, said coordinator
Nearly 600 men, women and children from Shoal Lake Cree Nation are anxiously waiting in Prince Albert for confirmation they can return home. It's been seven days since a raging wildfire forced them to...
Oct 07, 2021
CPNewsAlert: Quebec police cancel Amber Alert after 2 kids, aged 3 and 1, found safe
SUTTON, Que. - Quebec provincial police are cancelling the Amber Alert they issued earlier today. They say the two young children who had allegedly been abducted have been found safe. Police said the ...
Oct 07, 2021
Nadia Chaudhri, neuroscientist who shared her journey with cancer, dies at 43
MONTREAL - Nadia Chaudhri, the Montreal neuroscientist who gained a worldwide following while spending her dying months raising funds for scientists from under-represented backgrounds, has died at age...
Oct 07, 2021
NDP prepared to withhold votes in Parliament, including on the Liberal budget: Singh
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh is today signalling a tougher approach to co-operation with the minority Liberal government in Parliament. The NDP leader says his caucus is prepared to "withhold votes" if Prim...
Oct 07, 2021
Alabama swamped, 4 killed in floods from slow-moving front
PELHAM, Ala. (AP) - The death toll from flash floods caused by torrential rains in Alabama has risen to four. Forecasters say as much as 13 inches of rain from a slow-moving front covered roads, trapp...
Oct 07, 2021
