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NATO nations sign accession protocols for Sweden, Finland
BRUSSELS (AP) - The 30 NATO allies signed off on the accession protocols for Sweden and Finland on Tuesday, sending the membership bids of the two nations to the alliance capitals for legislative appr...
Jul 05, 2022
Freedom Convoy organizer in court and AFN Assembly: In The News for July 5, 2022
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 Tuesday, July 5th, 2022 ... What we are watchi...
Jul 05, 2022
Assembly of First Nations meets as suspended chief fights for financial audit
VANCOUVER - The annual gathering of the Assembly of First Nations is being held this week in Vancouver under a cloud of criticism from its national chief, who has been suspended and denied entry to th...
Jul 05, 2022
City to explore options after permit for overnight shelter withdrawn
MEDICINE HAT, AB - There could be no emergency shelter to house the city's vulnerable come this fall. The Mustard Seed has cancelled its permit application to run emergency shelter services at the for...
Jul 05, 2022
Inflation, funding cuts leave city with budget gap
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Inflation and the current economic climate is not only affecting households, but municipalities. That became clear at Monday's council meeting when city staff informed council of a ...
Jul 05, 2022
White Sox, MLB decide to play game after parade shooting
CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago White Sox talked to Major League Baseball on Monday about postponing their game against the Minnesota Twins after a gunman opened fire on an Independence Day parade in subur...
Jul 04, 2022
In Kashmir, 'conscious music' tests India’s limits on speech
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - Sarfaraz Javaid thumps his chest rhythmically in the music video, swaying to the guitar and letting his throaty voice ring out through the forest: "What kind of soot has shroude...
Jul 04, 2022
White Sox, MLB decide to play game after parade shooting
CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago White Sox talked to Major League Baseball on Monday about postponing their game against the Minnesota Twins after a gunman opened fire on an Independence Day parade in subur...
Jul 04, 2022
Argonauts miss late convert, lose 23-22 to unbeaten Blue Bombers
TORONTO - A missed convert by Boris Bede with 25 seconds left in regulation time after the Toronto Argonauts rallied to within a point was the difference Monday as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers escaped BM...
Jul 04, 2022
US judge finds for 3 drug distributors in WVa opioid lawsuit
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A federal judge on Monday ruled in favor of three major U.S. drug distributors in a landmark lawsuit that accused them of causing a health crisis by distributing 81 million pi...
Jul 04, 2022