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Supporting Local: Penny Coffee House serving Lethbridge for years
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A local coffee shop in downtown Lethbridge has been a hit for years.The little shop lets people sit in a comfortable environment looking onto the streets of downtown.One specialty tha...
Nov 04, 2021

Desmond inquiry: health professionals failed to share information prior to killings
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - An expert on domestic violence says lack of collaboration among health-care professionals was an "overwhelming theme" in the tragic case of Lionel Desmond, an ex-soldier from N...
Nov 04, 2021

Disappointment and resignation as Quebec drops health worker vaccine mandate
MONTREAL - Members of the medical community are expressing disappointment after the Quebec government cancelled its vaccine mandate for health-care workers. Health Minister Christian Dub said Wednesda...
Nov 04, 2021

Elections Canada probes extent of mistakes on polling day in Indigenous communities
OTTAWA - Elections Canada says it has launched an investigation to see if errors cost Indigenous communities across Canada their right to vote. It is checking to see whether First Nations in Kenora we...
Nov 04, 2021

New women's minister says place lens on men in order to combat gender-based violence
OTTAWA - Freshly appointed Women and Gender Equality Minister Marci Ien says as part of her effort to combat gender-based violence she intends to place a lens on men to understand why it happens in th...
Nov 04, 2021

Ethiopia compares Tigray forces to 'rat' as war marks 1 year
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Ethiopia's government marked a year of war by lashing out Thursday in response to international alarm about hate speech, comparing the rival Tigray forces to "a rat that strays f...
Nov 04, 2021

Spending $153, Edward Durr ousts NJ Senate leader Sweeney
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey's longtime state Senate president, Democrat Steve Sweeney, has lost reelection, falling to a Republican newcomer who spent less than $200 on the race and leaving his pa...
Nov 04, 2021

Ottawa Redblacks sign veteran Lewis Ward to contract extension through 2022 season
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks signed veteran Canadian kicker Lewis Ward to a contract extension Thursday that will keep him with the CFL club through the 2022 season. "Lewis Ward exemplifies what it m...
Nov 04, 2021

Edmonton Elks have one final opportunity to secure their first home victory of season
It's the last chance Taylor Cornelius and the Edmonton Elks have to give their home fans something to cheer about. Edmonton (2-8) hosts the Saskatchewan Roughriders (7-4) on Friday night in its final ...
Nov 04, 2021

Jury selection starts for Jeffrey Epstein's ex-girlfriend
NEW YORK (AP) - The weekslong process of selecting a jury for the federal sex trafficking trial of financier Jeffrey Epstein's ex-girlfriend, a British socialite, began Thursday with a video introduct...
Nov 04, 2021