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New evacuations ordered as storm hits Southern California
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Authorities have ordered a new area of Southern California evacuated due to the threat of debris flows from a wildfire burn scar as a powerful storm drops heavy rain. The Orange Cou...
Dec 14, 2021
NDP leader would back federal intervention in court challenge to Quebec's Bill 21
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh says he would support federal intervention in a court challenge to a Quebec law known as Bill 21, which bans teachers and some other public-sector workers from wearing religious...
Dec 14, 2021
Canucks cancel morning skate after Schenn, Lahmmikko test positive for COVID-19
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have cancelled practice after two players tested positive for COVID-19. The club says it was informed of defenceman Luke Schenn's positive result on Monday and winger...
Dec 14, 2021
Connor McDavid calls potential five-week Olympic quarantine for COVID-19 'unsettling'
Connor McDavid calls the idea potentially having to quarantine up to five weeks in China because of a positive COVID-19 test at the Beijing Olympics "unsettling" as the NHL's participation at the Game...
Dec 14, 2021
Santa Claus making his way through Medicine Hat this week
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Santa Claus is coming to town and could be in your neighbourhood tonight.He began a five-night tour of our community last night in Redcliff and Crescent Heights and will make his wa...
Dec 14, 2021
Quebec university classrooms are not safe spaces, says academic freedom committee
MONTREAL - A committee mandated by the Quebec government to investigate academic freedom says university classrooms should not be considered safe spaces. The committee, headed by former Parti Qubcois ...
Dec 14, 2021
AUPE ratifies new deal with Alberta government, increasing wages
EDMONTON - The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) has agreed to a new deal with Alberta's Government to help employees in the province.The AUPE represents about 95,000 workers in the provinc...
Dec 14, 2021
Quebec, Ontario each reporting more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases today
Ontario and Quebec are each reporting more than 1,000 new cases of COVID-19, ahead of separate briefings later today from the top health officials in both provinces. Ontario is reporting 1,429 new COV...
Dec 14, 2021
Official: Felt intimidated at meeting with Noem, daughter
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - The former director of a South Dakota appraiser agency says she was intimidated at a meeting Gov. Kristi Noem called where state officials discussed her daughter's application for ...
Dec 14, 2021
UN nuclear chief: Limited Iran access giving 'blurred image'
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog warned Tuesday that the restrictions faced by his inspectors in Iran threaten to give the world only a "very blur...
Dec 14, 2021