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Social media comments blocked: Montreal mayor says she won't accept being insulted
MONTREAL - Montreal Mayor Valrie Plante is defending her decision to turn off comments on her social media accounts - with an announcement on social media. She posted screenshots to X this morning of ...
Sep 11, 2024
All nine CFL teams unveil 10 players from their respective negotiation lists
TORONTO - He's currently a senior at Purdue but quarterback Hudson Card now has a second option at a pro football career. Card was one of 10 negotiation-list players revealed Wednesday by the Edmonton...
Sep 11, 2024
Two Quebec real estate brokers suspended for using fake bids to drive up prices
MONTREAL - Two Quebec real estate brokers are facing fines and years-long suspensions for submitting bogus offers on homes to drive up prices during the COVID-19 pandemic. Christine Girouard has been ...
Sep 11, 2024
Soyuz craft heads to space station with 2 Russians and 1 American
MOSCOW (AP) - A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American blasted off Wednesday for an express trip to the International Space Station. The space capsule atop a towering rocket set off at...
Sep 11, 2024
Speaker Johnson pulls a vote on a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) - Speaker Mike Johnson pulled a vote Wednesday on a temporary spending bill that would keep federal agencies and programs funded for six months when the new budget year begins on Oct. ...
Sep 11, 2024
Israeli airstrikes hit UN school and homes in Gaza, killing at least 34 people, hospitals say
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli airstrikes across Gaza overnight and Wednesday hit a U.N. school sheltering displaced Palestinian families as well as two homes, killing at least 34 people, in...
Sep 11, 2024
Speaker Johnson pulls a vote on a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) - Speaker Mike Johnson pulled a vote Wednesday on a temporary spending bill that would keep federal agencies and programs funded for six months when the new budget year begins on Oct. ...
Sep 11, 2024
Medicine Hat woman facing updated charges in mail theft investigation
Crown prosecutors have upgraded charges against a Medicine Hat woman accused of mail theft.Police officers arrested a suspect on the night of April 10 as she was leaving the scene of a reported theft ...
Sep 11, 2024
2018 world junior appeal adjourned by independent panel until criminal trial complete
CALGARY - An appeal made by members of Canada's 2018 world junior hockey team to an independent board has been adjourned until the criminal trial involving those players has ended. A London, Ont., cou...
Sep 11, 2024
Harris-Trump US presidential debate offers different visions for America's future
PHILADELPHIA - Kamala Harris and Donald Trump made their case to American voters during a debate in Philadelphia, during which the Democratic vice president and former Republican president laid out di...
Sep 11, 2024