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Nova Scotia RCMP report suspicious fire at Catholic church in First Nations community
INDIAN BROOK, N.S. - Police are investigating a suspicious fire that damaged the Catholic church in a First Nations community north of Halifax, the latest in a recent string of church fires on Indigen...
Jun 30, 2021
Ontarians line up for haircuts as province rolls back public health restrictions
TORONTO - Ontarians lined up for their first haircuts in months on Wednesday as the province rolled back public health restrictions on salons and other businesses in light of a decline in COVID-19 cas...
Jun 30, 2021
Yukon asks for federal help as territory battles widespread transmission of COVID-19
WHITEHORSE - Yukon's chief public health officer says hospitals in the territory are reaching their limits during widespread community transmission of COVID-19. Dr. Brendan Hanley says Yukon has the h...
Jun 30, 2021
Attorney general says HSBC evidence isn't relevant to Meng's extradition case
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Canada's attorney general are urging a B.C. Supreme Court judge to dismiss Meng Wanzhou's application to submit new evidence in her extradition case. Robert Frater says the Hua...
Jun 30, 2021
Politicians, Indigenous leaders say burning churches not the way to get justice
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and some Indigenous leaders say arson and vandalism targeting churches is not the way to get justice following the discovery of unmarked graves at former residential scho...
Jun 30, 2021
Last known Hells Angels bunker in Quebec demolished after long legal saga
SHERBROOKE, Que. - The Crown prosecutor's office in Quebec says the last known Hells Angels bunker in the province has been demolished. A spokeswoman confirmed the notorious red-roofed landmark was to...
Jun 30, 2021
'No guarantees' of papal apology for residential schools after Vatican trip: AFN
OTTAWA - Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde says there are no guarantees an Indigenous delegation travelling to the Vatican will lead to Pope Francis apologizing in Canada for t...
Jun 30, 2021
City facilities set to reopen Friday
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Public buildings and facilities in Medicine Hat will be reopened to the public on Friday as Alberta enters Stage 3 of the Open for Summer plan.In a news release, the City of Medicin...
Jun 30, 2021
Allowing navy commander to keep job after Vance golf game is disturbing: Freeland
OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says she is "disturbed" by the military's decision to let the commander of the Royal Canadian Navy keep his job after golfing with the former chief of ...
Jun 30, 2021
Bill Cosby's sex assault conviction overturned by court
PHILADELPHIA - Pennsylvania's highest court has overturned comedian Bill Cosby's sex assault conviction. The court said Wednesday that they found an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented him ...
Jun 30, 2021