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Quebec court says justice minister's intervention on judge bilingualism illegal
MONTREAL - The Quebec Superior Court has ruled that the province's justice minister does not get to decide whether judges can be required to speak English as well as French. The case was centred aroun...
Feb 03, 2022
Bayern Munich says Davies is fine but "bored" as he recovers from myocarditis
Bayern Munich manager Julian Nagelsmann says Canadian star Alphonso Davies is fine but bored as he recovers from myocarditis following a bout with COVID-19. Bayern said Jan. 5 that the 21-year-old fro...
Feb 03, 2022
Canadian military cuts dozens of unvaccinated troops, puts hundreds more on notice
OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence says dozens of Canadian Armed Forces members who refused to get vaccinated have now been kicked out of the military. Release proceedings have started for hu...
Feb 03, 2022
Military response to Ottawa protest 'not in the cards,' Trudeau says, urging caution
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a military response to the ongoing Ottawa protest against COVID-19 measures is "not in the cards right now.''Ottawa police Chief Peter Sloly said Wednesday ...
Feb 03, 2022
Dismantling of western Canada drug ring began with Medicine Hat busts
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A series of drug busts by Medicine Hat police in early 2020 has resulted in the dismantling of a trafficking operation that spanned western Canada and the seizure of more than $1.6 ...
Feb 03, 2022
Police in England say young Vernon, B.C., woman murdered in Essex, man in custody
Police in Essex, England, say a 19-year-old British Columbia woman has been murdered and a man is under arrest. A statement from Essex Police says 19-year-old Ashley Wadsworth of Vernon died Tuesday, ...
Feb 03, 2022
Poland, Czech governments sign deal on lignite mine
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - The prime ministers of Poland and the Czech Republic say they have signed an agreement settling a long-running dispute over a lignite mine on the border of the two countries. Pol...
Feb 03, 2022
Ottawa mayor blasts protest support, COVID rules loosening: In The News for Feb. 3
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 3 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Feb 03, 2022
Ottawa mayor calls Conservative MPs support of protest "an absolute disgrace"
Ottawa's mayor is calling on several Conservatives MPs and a senator from Saskatchewan to apologize for praising the anti-vaccine mandate protest that has brought the capital's downtown to a standstil...
Feb 03, 2022
Discovery, BT in talks over British pay-TV partnership
LONDON (AP) - The pay-TV sports market in Britain could be shaken up after media companies Discovery and BT Group said Thursday they were in exclusive discussions about forming a partnership. The pote...
Feb 03, 2022