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Quick Quotes: Reactions to Erin O'Toole voted out as federal Conservative leader
OTTAWA - Erin O'Toole was ousted as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada on Wednesday. Here is what some politicians and others had to say: "This country needs a Conservative party that is both ...
Feb 02, 2022
Mississippi governor signs law allowing medical marijuana
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi is legalizing medical marijuana for people with debilitating conditions such as cancer, AIDS and sickle cell disease. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed the legislati...
Feb 02, 2022
Saskatchewan MPs hopeful to unite Conservative party under new leadership
Conservative members of Parliament from Saskatoon agree that nobody wanted a situation like what played out Wednesday for now-former party leader Erin O'Toole.A leadership vote resulted in a 73-45 dec...
Feb 02, 2022
Environmental groups serve Alberta premier, government with defamation lawsuit
Five environmental organizations are following through on a threat to sue Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and the provincial government for defamation. In documents filed today, the groups allege Kenney ...
Feb 02, 2022
'All options on the table' to end protest ensnaring Ottawa, says police chief
OTTAWA - The head of the Ottawa police says "all options are on the table" when it comes to ending an ongoing - and potentially resurging - anti-vaccine mandate protest that some local councillors are...
Feb 02, 2022
P.A. council moving away from 'waste to energy' project over several concerns
The City of Prince Albert doesn't want to be the guinea pig for potential 'waste to energy' projects.That was the decision P.A.'s council and the city's administration agreed on during Monday's execut...
Feb 02, 2022
No parking for wood splitter at centre of case against former B.C. clerk, court hears
VANCOUVER - The former facilities manager at the British Columbia legislature told a trial Wednesday that a wood splitter was being stored at the clerk's home while a parking spot was sorted out for i...
Feb 02, 2022
Manitoba RCMP in Toronto to track path migrant family took before dying at border
WINNIPEG - Investigators with Manitoba RCMP are in Toronto tracking tips and information related to an Indian migrant family who froze to death last month near the Canada-U. S. border. RCMP say they a...
Feb 02, 2022
Quebec bill would require some conjugal violence offenders to wear tracking bracelets
Quebec Public Security Minister Genevive Guilbault has introduced a bill that would require some domestic violence offenders to wear electronic tracking bracelets. Guilbault told reporters Wednesday t...
Feb 02, 2022
Three coaches at Montreal high school arrested following sexual assault investigation
Montreal police say three men who coached sports at a high school in the city's St-Laurent borough have been arrested in connection with a sex crimes investigation involving minors. Two men aged 43 an...
Feb 02, 2022
