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Sanderson to represent Canada at Pan-Am championships
A former St. Mary Marauder will be representing Canada's wrestling team next month at the 2023 Senior Pan-American Championships, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.Cole Sanderson, who currently attends the U...
Apr 27, 2023
Streaming giants required to contribute to Canadian content as Bill C-11 passes
OTTAWA - A federal bill that will force digital platforms like Netflix and YouTube to contribute financially to Canadian content is on the cusp of becoming law. The Liberals' online streaming bill pas...
Apr 27, 2023
West Virginia Gov. Justice running for Manchin’s Senate seat
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice announced Thursday that he is running for Democrat Joe Manchin's U.S. Senate seat in 2024, setting up what could be a hard-fought cam...
Apr 27, 2023
UN urges Afghanistan's Taliban to reverse bans on women
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Thursday calling on Afghanistan's Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their increasingly harsh restrictions on women and...
Apr 27, 2023
Canada urges UN to include women in looming talks that could give Taliban legitimacy
OTTAWA - Canada says the United Nations' controversial move to enter dialogue with the Taliban must include women, as the organization mulls recognizing the terrorist group as the government of Afghan...
Apr 27, 2023
Pence testifies before election probe grand jury: AP source
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Vice President Mike Pence testified Thursday before a federal grand jury investigating efforts by then-President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 202...
Apr 27, 2023
Supreme Court won't hear appeal from city in Quebec that failed to stop 2012 fire
OTTAWA - A city in Quebec has exhausted its legal avenues to avoid paying thousands of dollars in damages after it failed to deploy enough firefighters to prevent a fire from ravaging a building. Cana...
Apr 27, 2023
Nebraska 6-week abortion ban fails to advance in Legislature
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - An effort to advance a bill that would ban abortion once cardiac activity can be detected - generally around the sixth week of pregnancy - fell one vote short Thursday of breaking...
Apr 27, 2023
RCMP timeline shows Damien Sanderson first to die in James Smith killings
After stepping between his brother Myles Sanderson and someone he was was attacking with a pair of scissors, Damien Sanderson became the first fatal victim in the killing spree that ended 11 lives las...
Apr 27, 2023
Newly acquired Toronto FC centre back Aime Mabika hard to miss at six foot six
TORONTO - At six foot six, Toronto FC's newest defender is hard to miss. Aime Mabika comes with a good story as well. Born in Zambia to Congolese parents, Mabika was seven or eight when his family mov...
Apr 27, 2023
