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Canada's new foreign affairs minister meets in D.C. with U.S. counterpart Blinken
WASHINGTON - Mlanie Joly is meeting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in her first stateside visit as Canada's new foreign affairs minister. The meeting comes one week before Prime Minister Justi...
Nov 12, 2021
Plessy, 'separate but equal’ ruling namesake, is pardoned
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Louisiana board has posthumously pardoned Homer Plessy, the namesake of the U.S. Supreme Court's 1896 "separate but equal" ruling affirming state segregation laws. The state Board...
Nov 12, 2021
Canada's Lajoie, Lagha two points out of third after rhythm dance at NHK Trophy
TOKYO - Canada's Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha are within striking distance of the medal podium after Friday's rhythm dance at the NHK Trophy figure skating Grand Prix. Russian world champions Vic...
Nov 12, 2021
Biden picks former FDA chief Califf to again lead agency
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Friday is tapping former Food and Drug Administration commissioner Robert Califf to again lead the powerful regulatory agency, according to a person familiar w...
Nov 12, 2021
Canada withdrawing non-essential staff from Haitian embassy amid security concerns
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada says it is temporarily withdrawing non-essential staff from the Canadian embassy in Haiti. The move comes in response to a spike in gang-related violence in Haiti and a ...
Nov 12, 2021
Paris Muslim leaders mark 6 years since Bataclan attacks
PARIS (AP) - The Paris Mosque is marking the sixth anniversary Friday of the attack at the Bataclan concert hall in the French capital that killed 90 people. Muslim leaders laid a wreath at the venue ...
Nov 12, 2021
Mad Hatter & Happy Hatter - November 12
Mad HatterKind of humorous that our premier is bashing the world PMs sitting around a table debating all emissions. While all he does in Edmonton is not listening to our province as he spends our tax ...
Nov 12, 2021
Nova Scotia pays for COVID-19 vaccines for mink, B.C. says no before closing industry
Nova Scotia will help pay for a COVID-19 vaccine for mink, but the British Columbia government says more research is needed to determine if immunization is an option for thousands of animals that will...
Nov 12, 2021
Jury recommends 28 years for Missouri man in wife's murder
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - A jury recommended early Friday up to 28 years in prison for a Missouri man found guilty of second-degree murder in his wife's death. The jury returned the recommendation only hou...
Nov 12, 2021
Myanmar court sentences US journalist to 11 years in jail
BANGKOK (AP) - The lawyer for detained U.S. journalist Danny Fenster says a court in military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced him to 11 years in prison after finding him guilty on several charges includin...
Nov 11, 2021