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Police move on pro-Palestinian protesters at University of B.C. campus
VANCOUVER - Police have moved on pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver, with video on social media showing lines of officers advancing on demonstrators r...
May 29, 2024
Quebec court overturns judgment against theatres who allowed smoking on stage
MONTREAL - A Quebec judge has ruled that smoking during a stage performance is a valid form of artistic expression, overturning a lower court's decision and clearing three theatres that had been fined...
May 29, 2024
Montreal police introduce new patch to replace controversial 'thin blue line' symbol
MONTREAL - Montreal police have introduced a new patch to replace a symbol that many officers wore on their uniforms to honour fallen colleagues but that has become associated with the far right. The ...
May 29, 2024
Holland defends new ministerial powers to pull products off the shelves
OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland says he needs new powers to unilaterally take dangerous products off the shelves if they're hurting people and not being used as intended. He defended the new pow...
May 29, 2024
Canada's Taylor hopes to repeat at RBC Canadian Open but McIlroy could challenge
HAMILTON - Nick Taylor hopes that he or a fellow Canadian win the RBC Canadian Open this year. Taylor, from Abbotsford, B.C., won last year's men's national golf championship at Oakdale Golf and Count...
May 29, 2024
Prince Albert chess player makes big moves at Nationals
While he's only 13 years old, and has less than five years of experience, Prince Albert's Eros Villamar has played and beaten some of the best chess players in the country.Earlier this month, the Grad...
May 29, 2024
Stampeders' receiver Malik Henry out with season-ending knee injury
CALGARY - Calgary Stampeders receiver Malik Henry suffered a knee injury in practice and will undergo season-ending surgery. The Stampeders say the 27-year-old wideout sustained a patellar tendon inju...
May 29, 2024
Justice minister says Online Harms Act leaves room for age-appropriate design options
OTTAWA - The federal justice minister says the government's online harms bill includes measures to protect children using age-appropriate web design. His comment comes as legislators study a Senate bi...
May 29, 2024
Alito rejects calls to step aside from Supreme Court cases because of flag controversies
WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Samuel Alito is rejecting calls to step aside from Supreme Court cases involving former President Donald Trump and Jan. 6 defendants because of the controversy over flags tha...
May 29, 2024
Access to Information plan includes administrative steps but no legislative changes
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is outlining a variety of steps intended to make the much-criticized Access to Information system work better. But it appears any changes to the federal law will have t...
May 29, 2024
