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Soldier James Topp wore uniform while criticizing vaccine mandates to draw attention
OTTAWA - Warrant Officer James Topp says he doesn't believe people would have paid attention if he hadn't donned his uniform to publicly oppose the Canadian military's vaccine requirements. That decis...
Jul 06, 2022
Court orders halting of PBCN by-election, Karen Bird re-instated as Chief
Plans for an election this month by Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN) have been brought to an abrupt stop.The federal court has granted Bird's application for an injunction and ordered her to be all...
Jul 06, 2022
Hampered Nadal gets past Fritz at Wimbledon; Kyrgios next
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Wincing from abdominal pain, unable to ply his customary relentless style of tennis, Rafael Nadal worried that he might need to stop playing in the Wimbledon quarterfinals ag...
Jul 06, 2022
Canadian curlers John Morris, Shannon Birchard partner in mixed doubles
John Morris and Shannon Birchard have joined forces in mixed doubles curling. Morris, who won Olympic mixed doubles gold with Kaitlyn Lawes in 2018 and also competed with Rachel Homan in Beijing in Fe...
Jul 06, 2022
First set of tickets for Pope's mass in Edmonton booked within minutes
EDMONTON - Thousands of tickets for the Pope's open-air mass at Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium were all booked about 15 minutes after they were made available to the public for free. The July 26 mass...
Jul 06, 2022
US to diversify infant formula industry to avoid shortages
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration is looking to help foreign makers of baby formula stay on the U.S. market for the long term, in an effort to diversify the industry after the closure of the ...
Jul 06, 2022
Hampered Nadal gets past Fritz at Wimbledon; Kyrgios next
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Normally so relentless from point to point, Rafael Nadal occasionally would watch as a ball off the racket of Taylor Fritz landed in during the Wimbledon quarterfinals. Winci...
Jul 06, 2022
Ukrainian Canadian Congress calls on Canada to lead effort to oust Russia from G20
OTTAWA - The Ukrainian Canadian Congress wants Russia expelled from the G20. The group's president, Alexandra Chyczij, has written to the prime minister asking him to lead a global campaign to expel R...
Jul 06, 2022
Quebec government lawyer defends police power to randomly stop vehicles
MONTREAL - A Quebec government lawyer is defending the power of police officers to make random traffic stops and is arguing that it's up to police forces to address racial profiling. Michel Dom is mak...
Jul 06, 2022
Anxiety, depression, not slowing down post-restrictions according to CFS
The pandemic took a steady toll on people's mental health, and many of them ended up needing the help of groups like Catholic Family Services (CFS). That need hasn't gone away yet either, despite the ...
Jul 06, 2022
