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Judge sets aside ruling that granted U.S. trans woman's refugee status in Canada
VANCOUVER - A Federal Court judge has set aside a decision to grant refugee status to an American transgender woman, sending her application back for redetermination. In a decision released this week,...
Feb 02, 2024
US begins strikes on militias in Iraq, Syria, retaliating for fatal drone attack, officials tell AP
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. military launched an air assault on dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian-backed militias Friday, in the opening salvo of retaliation for the drone strike that k...
Feb 02, 2024
Canada's Auger-Aliassime advances to semifinals in Montpellier with win over Mayot
MONTPELLIER, France - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the semifinals of the Open Sud de France tennis tournament with a convincing 7-5, 6-1 win over French wild-card Harold Mayot on Friday....
Feb 02, 2024
Catherine Tait says CBC needs new financial model, not new mandate
OTTAWA - The head of Canada's public broadcaster says it's the financial model and governance of CBC/Radio-Canada that need reviewing - not its mandate. Catherine Tait made the comments today to a roo...
Feb 02, 2024
Canadian freestyle skier Amy Fraser wins World Cup gold in halfpipe
MAMMOTH, Calif. - Canadian freestyle skier Amy Fraser won her first career World Cup gold in the halfpipe competition at Mammoth Mountain on Friday. The 28-year-old Fraser, who was born in Halifax but...
Feb 02, 2024
NHL won't consider punishment for 2018 WJC players until after legal proceedings
TORONTO - NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says the league will not consider any punishment against five players from Canada's 2018 world junior team charged in connection with an alleged gang rape until...
Feb 02, 2024
Federal judge in DC postpones Trump's March trial on charges of plotting to overturn 2020 election
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge in Washington formally postponed Donald Trump's March trial on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election as a key legal appeal from the former president conti...
Feb 02, 2024
Lethbridge residents donate 2,334 shoebox gifts for 'Operation Christmas Child'
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The people of Lethbridge lent their support to children in need this Christmas season.The Samaritan's Purse organization has released the results of its 2023 Operation Christmas Child...
Feb 02, 2024
Politics trumped legal advice in decision not to revoke citizenship of Nazi in 1960s
OTTAWA - A report on Canada's handling of Nazi war criminals suggests politics played a key role in the 1967 decision to preserve the citizenship of a man convicted of war crimes in the Soviet Union. ...
Feb 02, 2024
Footballer-turned-actor Carl Weathers, who starred in 'Rocky' movies and 'The Mandalorian,' dies
NEW YORK (AP) - Carl Weathers, a former NFL linebacker who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star, playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the "Rocky" movies, facing-off against Arnold Sc...
Feb 02, 2024