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Canada to hike oil, gas output 300,000 barrels a day to help displace Russian fuel
OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says Canada can produce and export another 300,000 barrels of oil and natural gas per day as part of a global effort to displace Russian fossil f...
Mar 24, 2022

Arizona Legislature approves 15-week abortion ban
PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona Legislature on Thursday joined the growing list of Republican-led states to pass aggressive anti-abortion legislation as the conservative U.S. Supreme Court is considering r...
Mar 24, 2022

Jan. 6 committee sets contempt vote for 2 former Trump aides
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House committee investigating the Capitol riot said Thursday that it had set a vote for next week to consider contempt of Congress charges for two aides of former President Donal...
Mar 24, 2022

Man touts electric unicycle as answer to high gas prices
FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusetts man says he has the answer for those singing the blues about stratospheric gas prices. Rick Madeira, of Fall River, has taken to riding his electric unicycle t...
Mar 24, 2022

Reports: Blue Jays trade Randal Grichuk to Rockies for Raimel Tapia
DUNEDIN, Fla. - Centre fielder Randal Grichuk has been traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Colorado Rockies according to several media reports. Toronto is getting left fielder Raimel Tapia in retur...
Mar 24, 2022

Jagmeet Singh expects federal dental plan to remain faithful to NDP campaign promise
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he expects the federal government's new dental plan will reflect his party's original vision for oral health care in Canada. The Liberals promised the NDP they w...
Mar 24, 2022

CP NewsAlert: Canada to resume exports of P.E.I. potatoes to United States
WASHINGTON - Exports of potatoes from Prince Edward Island will soon be able to resume to the United States, months after Canada suspended shipments because of the detection of potato wart in fields o...
Mar 24, 2022

YWCA's 'Add the M' campaign trying to bring awareness to systemic inequity in sports
"It's time to add the 'M,'" said Canadian soccer star Christine Sinclair in a new video released by the YWCA on Thursday. She, along with other influencers such as Sportsnet's Tara Slone, is helping s...
Mar 24, 2022

Alberta RCMP teams with CBSA to halt 3D firearms operation
STONY PLAIN, AB - The Alberta RCMP and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) recently joined forces to halt an operation involving 3D printed firearms.On Feb. 16, CBSA officers at the Vancouver Interna...
Mar 24, 2022

Design for national LGBTQ2+ monument inspired by thundercloud and disco balls
OTTAWA - A national LGBTQ2+ monument - inspired by a dramatic thundercloud - is to be built in Ottawa by 2025. The winning design, featuring a silver mirrored mosaic interior influenced by a thunderhe...
Mar 24, 2022