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New Brunswick police investigating after cyclist hits wire at head level across trail
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Police in Saint John, N.B., say they are investigating after a cyclist rode into a wire strung between trees in Rockwood Park. They say a cyclist hit the thin wire at head level whi...
Mar 24, 2023
Canada-U.S. deal on migration will limit safe options for asylum seekers: advocates
WASHINGTON - Immigration advocates say they are disappointed that Canada and the U.S. have agreed to restrict the flow of asylum seekers across their shared border. The deal to be announced today is d...
Mar 24, 2023
Canadian women's rugby team returns to action against South Africa in Spain
Four months after finishing fourth at the Women's Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, Canada returns to action Saturday. The fourth-ranked Canadians face No. 13 South Africa before opening the Pacific Fou...
Mar 24, 2023
Kentucky governor vetoes sweeping GOP transgender measure
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky's Democratic governor issued an election-year veto Friday of a Republican bill aimed at regulating the lives of transgender youths that includes banning access to gender...
Mar 24, 2023
Rwanda says Rusesabagina of 'Hotel Rwanda' fame to be freed
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) - Rwanda's government has commuted the sentence of Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired the film "Hotel Rwanda" for saving hundreds of countrymen from genocide but was convicted of terr...
Mar 24, 2023
4 ex-officers in Tyre Nichols case barred from police work
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Four of five former Memphis police officers charged with murder in the beating death of Tyre Nichols cannot work as law enforcement officers again in Tennessee, a state panel d...
Mar 24, 2023
The latest developments on U.S. President Joe Biden's visit to Ottawa
OTTAWA - The latest developments on U.S. President Joe Biden's visit to Ottawa with first lady Jill Biden on Friday. All times eastern. 10:30 a.m. The two Canadians who were imprisoned in China for ne...
Mar 24, 2023
Police say it's 'improbable' there are more than seven missing in Old Montreal fire
Montreal police say they don't think they'll find more than seven bodies in the rubble of an Old Montreal building that caught fire eight days ago. Police told reporters today they don't have reports ...
Mar 24, 2023
Canada facing fresh U.S. pressure to agree to review cross-border mining toxins
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is expected to add today to the pressure on Canada for a bilateral investigation into toxic mining runoff in a key cross-border watershed. Activists, experts and Indig...
Mar 24, 2023
Sakamoto defends women's title at figure skating worlds
SAITAMA, Japan (AP) - Kaori Sakamoto fended off a challenge from South Korea's Lee Hae-in on Friday to become the first Japanese woman to defend her title at the figure skating world championships. Sa...
Mar 24, 2023
