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Country artist recalls singing about "Freedom" at Coutts blockade, court hears
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The COVID-19 blockade at Coutts, Alta., drew on support from a cross-section of people, including a country musician who jumped at the chance to perform "Freedom" at the barricade, a ...
Jul 16, 2024

Hospital officials say an Israeli airstrike has killed 17 Palestinians in a Gaza 'safe zone'
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Hospital officials say an Israeli airstrike killed 17 Palestinians on Tuesday in a military-declared "safe zone" outside the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. Officia...
Jul 16, 2024

A rare shooting by multiple attackers in a Shiite mosque in Oman kills 5 and wounds dozens more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A rare shooting by multiple attackers at a Shiite mosque in Oman killed five people and wounded many more including a police officer, authorities said Tuesday. Pakis...
Jul 16, 2024

3 killed and dozens injured in Bangladesh in violent clashes over government jobs quota system
DHAKA, Banglades (AP) - Three people were killed and dozens injured in two separate incidents in Bangladesh as violence continued Tuesday on university campuses in the nation's capital and elsewhere o...
Jul 16, 2024

Inflation falls to 2.7% in June, driven by slower growth in gas prices: StatCan
hhCanada's annual inflation rate fell to 2.7 per cent in June, with Statistics Canada largely attributing the deceleration to slower year-over-year growth in gasoline prices.The agency reported Tuesda...
Jul 16, 2024

Industry minister suggests Competition Bureau look at digital wallets
OTTAWA - Industry Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne says the issue of competition in the big tech-dominated digital wallet market should be on the Competition Bureau's radar. In a letter to the bure...
Jul 16, 2024

Welsh leader Vaughan Gething says he will resign over campaign donation scandal
LONDON (AP) - The leader of Wales' government, First Minister Vaughan Gething, said Tuesday he will resign after several members of his government quit over a campaign donation scandal. Gething said t...
Jul 16, 2024

Gareth Southgate says he will step down as England manager
Gareth Southgate will step down as England manager after eight years in charge, he said on Tuesday. Southgate led England to the final of Euro 2024 - losing 2-1 to Spain on Sunday. "As a proud English...
Jul 16, 2024

In the news today: Republicans continue convention reinvigorated
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Republicans continue convention reinvigorated The second day of the Republican National Convention is set to b...
Jul 16, 2024

Despite an industrial past, Montreal's Lachine Canal now a popular fishing spot
MONTREAL - Live music pulses through the air as Henry Leung casts a lure into the murky waters of the Lachine Canal, at a site wedged between a noisy festival and the high-rises of Montreal's Griffint...
Jul 16, 2024