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Farmers projected to grow more wheat, canola, oats and soybeans in 2024
It has been a mixed year for Canadian agriculture with much higher expected yields for some types of crops and lower for others.Statistics Canada says a range of weather-related challenges resulted in...
Aug 29, 2024
Justice Department watchdog finds flaws in FBI's reporting of sex crimes against children
WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI is failing to report all suspected child sexual abuse cases to appropriate law enforcement agencies, according to a Justice Department watchdog report released Thursday. The ...
Aug 29, 2024
Arlington cemetery official was 'pushed aside' in Trump staff altercation but won't press charges
An Arlington National Cemetery official was "abruptly pushed aside" during an altercation with former President Donald Trump's staff during a wreath-laying ceremony but declined to press charges, an A...
Aug 29, 2024
Arlington cemetery official was 'pushed aside' in Trump staff altercation but won't press charges
An Arlington National Cemetery official was "abruptly pushed aside" during an altercation with former President Donald Trump's staff during a wreath-laying ceremony but declined to press charges, an A...
Aug 29, 2024
Justice Department watchdog finds flaws in FBI's reporting of sex crimes against children
WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI is failing to report all suspected child sexual abuse cases to appropriate law enforcement agencies, according to a Justice Department watchdog report released Thursday. The ...
Aug 29, 2024
King's Plate winner Caitlinhergrtness won't run in Prince of Wales race
TORONTO - King's Plate winner Caitlinhergrtness has earned a well-deserved break. The heralded filly, named after WNBA rookie Caitlin Clark, wasn't among the horses nominated for the $400,000 Prince o...
Aug 29, 2024
Southern Alberta judge promoted to preside over Medicine Hat, Lethbridge
A judge who has been working in the southern Alberta region for more than a decade now has a new position.Justice Eric Brooks will serve as an assistant chief justice in the Alberta Court of Justice, ...
Aug 29, 2024
In the news today: Border blockade sentencing begins, wildfire threatens First Nation
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Lawyers to argue sentencing in Coutts blockade Lawyers were set to argue Thursday what a fit sentence should b...
Aug 29, 2024
'Tornadoes over water' seen across Eastern Canada this summer
MONTREAL - Marc-Andr Bourgeois-Gaudet was in his boat off the shores of les-de-la-Madeleine, Que., last Friday when he saw several funnel clouds descending from the sky like tornadoes. As he got close...
Aug 29, 2024
Saskatchewan schools making sure pronoun law followed as kids head back to class
REGINA - Saskatchewan's two largest school divisions say they've addressed concerns from teachers and are enforcing the province's pronoun law as children head back to classrooms next week. Jason Cole...
Aug 29, 2024