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China dismisses UK, Canada Olympic boycott as 'farce'
BEIJING (AP) - China on Thursday dismissed the decision by Canada and the United Kingdom to join Washington's diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games as a "farce." China is also no...
Dec 09, 2021
Oklahoma executes man for 1985 slaying of schoolteacher
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for the 1985 shooting death of an Oklahoma City-area schoolteacher after courts rejected his claim that the state's lethal injection method wou...
Dec 09, 2021
Quebec elementary school teacher reassigned from class over hijab due to Bill 21
MONTREAL - An elementary school teacher in western Quebec has been reassigned from her classroom because her hijab contravenes the province's law forbidding teachers from wearing religious symbols. Pa...
Dec 09, 2021
Raptors cancel practice out of "abundance of caution" amid health, safety protocols
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors cancelled practice on Thursday due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols. The team said the decision was made "out of an abundance of caution," and that further updates...
Dec 09, 2021
Federal privacy watchdog warns of growing dangers of 'surveillance capitalism'
OTTAWA - The federal privacy watchdog is warning Canadians about the growing threat of surveillance capitalism - the use of personal information by large corporations. In his annual report tabled toda...
Dec 09, 2021
Liberals' wage subsidy extension to push program costs to $107 billion, PBO says
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government's plan to extend its wage subsidy will push the overall price for the program to almost $106.7 billion. The budget officer's repor...
Dec 09, 2021
Civil society organizations release drug decriminalization platform for Canada
OTTAWA - Twenty-one organizations across the country have released Canada's first civil society-led policy framework for drug decriminalization and redistributing resources from police to services tha...
Dec 09, 2021
Passenger describes Wright after shooting as 'just gasping'
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The woman who was riding with Daunte Wright when he was pulled over by police testified Thursday about the chaos right after an officer shot him, saying she screamed at Wright but t...
Dec 09, 2021
Canada's Jessie Fleming named FA Women's Super League player of the month
LONDON - Canadian international Jessie Fleming has won the Barclays FA Women's Super League player of the month award for November. The Chelsea midfielder beat out Reading's Natasha Dowie, Manchester ...
Dec 09, 2021
Report predicts record jump in food prices in 2022
Canadians will have to stretch their food budgets further in 2022.Canada's Food Price Report 2022 forecasts an overall food price increase of five to seven per cent for the coming year, the highest-pr...
Dec 09, 2021
