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Quebec coroner to probe death of Mexican boxer Jeanette Zacarias Zapata
MONTREAL - Quebec's public security minister says a coroner will investigate after Mexican boxer Jeanette Zacarias Zapata died following a bout last weekend in Montreal. Genevive Guilbault offered her...
Sep 03, 2021
Quebec coroner to probe death of Mexican boxer Jeanette Zacarias Zapata
MONTREAL - Quebec's public security minister says a coroner will investigate after Mexican boxer Jeanette Zacarias Zapata died following a bout last weekend in Montreal. Genevive Guilbault offered her...
Sep 03, 2021
O'Toole, Singh target Trudeau over pandemic election call
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is finding himself under fire this morning from his political opponents over the timing of an election call during the fourth wave of COVID-19. Trudeau triggered...
Sep 03, 2021
O'Toole, Singh target Trudeau over pandemic election call
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is finding himself under fire this morning from his political opponents over the timing of an election call during the fourth wave of COVID-19. Trudeau triggered...
Sep 03, 2021
O'Toole promises to increase penalties for crimes involving guns
MONTREAL - Conservative leader Erin O'Toole is promising to crack down on gangs and illegal guns. Speaking in Montreal, where there have been several high-profile shootings over the summer, O'Toole sa...
Sep 03, 2021
Former Cardinal McCarrick pleads not guilty to sex assault
BOSTON (AP) - Former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the once-powerful American prelate who was expelled from the priesthood for sexual abuse, pleaded not guilty Friday to sexually assault...
Sep 03, 2021
Local veterans react to the end of the 20-year war in Afghanistan
Watching the Taliban regain control of the country they served in has been devastating for two local Canadian Armed Forces veterans. Matthew Hrycuik was in Afghanistan for nine months as part of the i...
Sep 03, 2021
'Their hearts are not in it.' Liberals in Atlantic Canada accused of being unfocused
HALIFAX - At the start of the election campaign, the polls were suggesting Justin Trudeau's Liberals could hold most of the 32 seats in Atlantic Canada after they won every riding in the region in 201...
Sep 03, 2021
Frustration with anti-vaxers and TIFF star power: In The News for Sept. 3
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Sept. 3 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Sep 03, 2021
Canadian senator hears desperate plea from Afghan woman MP fearing Taliban reprisals
A senator who chairs a committee set up to forge ties between the Canadian and Afghan parliaments has been receiving desperate pleas for help from Afghan politicians. Sen. Salma Ataullahjan says she h...
Sep 03, 2021
