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Islanders sign defencemen Noah Dobson and Alexander Romanov
EAST MEADOW, N.Y. (AP) - The New York Islanders have signed defencemen Noah Dobson and Alexander Romanov to three-year contracts. The Islanders also announced Monday the signing of forward Kieffer Bel...
Aug 22, 2022
Nova Scotia RCMP 'dysfunctions,' labour shortages predated 2020 mass shootings
HALIFAX - Most of Nova Scotia's senior RCMP staff believed there were "dysfunctions" at their division prior to the 2020 mass shootings and felt abandoned by their superiors in the aftermath, accordin...
Aug 22, 2022
Jury gets case of 2 men charged in Gov. Whitmer plot
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A jury has heard closing arguments and begun deliberations in the second trial of two men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The jury in Grand...
Aug 22, 2022
Quebec allowing four people per room in care homes, against coroner's recommendations
MONTREAL - Quebec's Health Department is allowing long-term care centres to house up to four residents in the same room - a new directive that runs against recommendations by the coroner. Jean-Charles...
Aug 22, 2022
Treaty No. 6 monument unveiled outside Alberta legislature
EDMONTON - It was a monumental occasion for First Nations groups at Alberta's capital building.Members of the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations, the Government of Canada, the Government of Alber...
Aug 22, 2022
Five questions with Canadian hockey 'golden-goaler' Marie-Philip Poulin
Canadian women's hockey team captain Marie-Philip Poulin is the only hockey player in the world, male or female, to score goals in four straight Olympic hockey finals. The 31-year-old from Beauceville...
Aug 22, 2022
N.S. shooting inquiry: Senior RCMP member learned of killer's replica car in the news
HALIFAX - The former RCMP commanding officer in Nova Scotia has told the inquiry into the April 2020 mass shooting that she first saw the killer's replica police cruiser in a news report before she we...
Aug 22, 2022
Quebec making progress to protect caribou after warnings from federal government
MONTREAL - The governments of Canada and Quebec say they are confident they can reach a deal to protect endangered caribou populations in the province. The two governments said today in a joint news r...
Aug 22, 2022
Russia's FSB blames Ukrainian intelligence for car bombing
MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's top counterintelligence agency on Monday blamed Ukrainian spy agencies have organized the killing of the daughter of a Russian nationalist ideologue. Russia's Federal Security S...
Aug 22, 2022
Scholz, Trudeau aim to drum up business as German leader visits Montreal and Toronto
MONTREAL - A busy day lies ahead for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during the first full day of the German leader's three-day visit to Canada. The two leaders will st...
Aug 22, 2022