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Missouri Supreme Court blocks agreement that would have halted execution
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) - The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked an agreement that would have spared the life of death row inmate Marcellus Williams and instead ordered a hearing to proceed on Williams' inn...
Aug 22, 2024

Rail work stoppage shuts down some Ontario, Quebec commuter rail lines
TORONTO - Bewildered commuters were turned away from shuttered rail lines on Thursday as an unprecedented railway lockout upset travel plans for more than 30,000 daily riders in some of Canada's large...
Aug 22, 2024

Gilma becomes a powerful Category 3 hurricane and is forecast to strengthen as it stays at sea
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Gilma strengthened into a powerful Category 3 hurricane Thursday in the eastern Pacific Ocean and was forecast to remain a powerful hurricane for the next couple of days while stayi...
Aug 22, 2024

In the news today: Lockout could derail Canadian supply chains and disrupt commuters
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Rail shutdown begins as workers locked out In a first for Canada, freight traffic on its two largest railways ...
Aug 22, 2024

Japanese Canadian paper, pillar for community during war, saved from digital oblivion
VANCOUVER - More than eighty years ago, Japanese Canadians came together to sustain The New Canadian, the only newspaper specifically for the community that was allowed to be published through the Sec...
Aug 22, 2024

Crown wants closed-door hearings in lawsuit of Canadian who was detained in Sudan
OTTAWA - The Crown wants at least six current and former security officials to testify behind closed doors in the lawsuit of a Montreal man who was detained in Sudan - a move the man's lawyer calls a ...
Aug 22, 2024

One-third of Canadians report being personally impacted by severe weather: poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests more Canadians are feeling the direct impacts of extreme weather, but that has not changed overall opinions about climate change. The results from a recent Leger poll sugg...
Aug 22, 2024

Despite efforts to turn the tide, Quebec's education system struggling with shortages
MONTREAL - Lately, Karine Boudreau has toyed with the idea of quitting. For most of her 18-year career as a school psychologist, the thought of doing something else never crossed her mind. But in the ...
Aug 22, 2024

Former U.S. ambassador to Canada gives 'tsunami warning' about Trump
CHICAGO - A former United States ambassador to Canada is sounding the alarm that a second Donald Trump presidency would cause chaos for Canadians as he urged Americans abroad that their votes could pr...
Aug 22, 2024

Looking back: Aug. 21, 2023, a year after the meeting that changed Medicine Hat city hall
It was a year ago today when Mayor Linnsie Clark and City Manager Ann Mitchell had a tense back-and-forth exchange that changed the trajectory of Medicine Hat's political future.Here's all our top cov...
Aug 21, 2024