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McConnell backs ex-football star Walker for Georgia Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday endorsed Herschel Walker for the Senate in Georgia, lending the clout of the highest-ranking elected GOP official in the country t...
Oct 27, 2021
Court hears stay request of Quebec's vaccine mandate for health-care workers
MONTREAL - A legal challenge to Quebec's vaccination mandate for health-care workers is being heard today in Quebec Superior Court. The provincial government plans to suspend unvaccinated health netwo...
Oct 27, 2021
City man charged in death of domestic partner
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A Medicine Hat man is charged with murder in the death of his domestic partner.Police announced late on Tuesday afternoon that a deceased female was found at a residence in the zero...
Oct 27, 2021
Quebec eyes possible changes to bill that angered transgender community
MONTREAL - Facing a deluge of criticism from transgender-rights advocates in the province, Quebec Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette says he is open to seeking better solutions over proposed change...
Oct 27, 2021
Judge in Prince Andrew suit says key document can be secret
NEW YORK (AP) - A 2008 settlement agreement that a lawyer for Prince Andrew says would protect him against claims that he sexually abused an American when she was 17 can remain secret, a New York judg...
Oct 27, 2021
O'Toole faces caucus as he plots out next steps on mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole faces his caucus today to discuss what to do about its position around mandatory vaccinations, and what that means for unvaccinated members. The issue is top ...
Oct 27, 2021
Reconciliation: Red Indian Lake in central Newfoundland to be renamed Beothuk Lake
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Newfoundland and Labrador government announced today it plans to change the name of Red Indian Lake to Beothuk Lake following a series of public consultations aimed at supportin...
Oct 27, 2021
EU court tells Poland to pay $1.2M a day in judicial dispute
BRUSSELS (AP) - The European Union acerbated a standoff with Poland over judicial independence and the primacy of EU or national law Wednesday as the bloc's top court fined the recalcitrant member nat...
Oct 27, 2021
Meet the women of Medicine Hat City Council
MEDICINE HAT, AB - In a history-making moment, Medicine Hat elected its first female mayor and the most women on council in Medicine Hat's history.They are mothers, lawyers, teachers, business people ...
Oct 27, 2021
BoC interest rate announcement, land acknowledgments : In The News for Oct. 27
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 Oct. 27 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Oct 27, 2021