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Canada-U.S. deal on migration will limit safe options for asylum seekers: advocates
WASHINGTON - Immigration advocates say they are disappointed that Canada and the U.S. have agreed to restrict the flow of asylum seekers across their shared border. The deal to be announced today is d...
Mar 24, 2023
Neuron e-scooters return to Lethbridge for 2023 season
LETHBRIDGE, AB - With the official launch of spring earlier this week, commuters in Lethbridge will once again have another way of getting around.Neuron Mobility made its e-scooters available througho...
Mar 24, 2023
Departments didn't consistently follow rules with McKinsey contracts: Treasury Board
OTTAWA - The Treasury Board says internal audits of contracts with McKinsey & Company show federal government departments did not consistently follow certain administrative rules and procedures. B...
Mar 24, 2023
New Brunswick police investigating after cyclist hits wire at head level across trail
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Police in Saint John, N.B., say they are investigating after a cyclist rode into a wire strung between trees in Rockwood Park. They say a cyclist hit the thin wire at head level whi...
Mar 24, 2023
Canada-U.S. deal on migration will limit safe options for asylum seekers: advocates
WASHINGTON - Immigration advocates say they are disappointed that Canada and the U.S. have agreed to restrict the flow of asylum seekers across their shared border. The deal to be announced today is d...
Mar 24, 2023
Alberta’s finance minister not seeking re-election
GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB - Alberta's finance minister will not run in the upcoming provincial election.Travis Toews ended months of speculation by making the announcement on Twitter Friday morning, March 24...
Mar 24, 2023
Canadian women's rugby team returns to action against South Africa in Spain
Four months after finishing fourth at the Women's Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, Canada returns to action Saturday. The fourth-ranked Canadians face No. 13 South Africa before opening the Pacific Fou...
Mar 24, 2023
Kentucky governor vetoes sweeping GOP transgender measure
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky's Democratic governor issued an election-year veto Friday of a Republican bill aimed at regulating the lives of transgender youths that includes banning access to gender...
Mar 24, 2023
Rwanda says Rusesabagina of 'Hotel Rwanda' fame to be freed
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) - Rwanda's government has commuted the sentence of Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired the film "Hotel Rwanda" for saving hundreds of countrymen from genocide but was convicted of terr...
Mar 24, 2023
4 ex-officers in Tyre Nichols case barred from police work
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Four of five former Memphis police officers charged with murder in the beating death of Tyre Nichols cannot work as law enforcement officers again in Tennessee, a state panel d...
Mar 24, 2023