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Montreal soup kitchen to stay open after securing emergency funding from province
MONTREAL - An Old Montreal soup kitchen operating since 1877 says it has secured funding from the Quebec government to keep offering hundreds of daily hot meals through at least March. Fiona Crossling...
Jan 03, 2024
Trump asks US Supreme Court to review Colorado ruling barring him from the ballot over Jan. 6 attack
DENVER (AP) - Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a ruling barring him from the Colorado ballot, setting up a high-stakes showdown over whether a constitu...
Jan 03, 2024
Time not right to stage play amid Gaza tensions, says Victoria, B.C., theatre
VICTORIA - Tensions connected to the war between Israel and Hamas have prompted a British Columbia theatre company to cancel the scheduled run of a play set in the region. Victoria's Belfry Theatre sa...
Jan 03, 2024
Blue Jays outfielder: 'A motivated Kevin Kiermaier is a dangerous Kevin Kiermaier'
Kevin Kiermaier wants to show up all the teams that passed him over in free agency, and he wants the Toronto Blue Jays to prove all their doubters wrong too. "A motivated Kevin Kiermaier is the most d...
Jan 03, 2024
Imam killed in shooting outside Newark mosque, shooter at large, authorities say
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey imam shot outside a Newark mosque on Wednesday succumbed to gunshot wounds, authorities said. New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin said that the imam's loss will b...
Jan 03, 2024
PMO clarifies Trudeau and family stayed 'at no cost' during vacation in Jamaica
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office is clarifying that he and his family are vacationing in Jamaica "at no cost at a location owned by family friends" after initially saying the family was...
Jan 03, 2024
State of emergency issued in Piikani Nation over drug-related deaths
PIIKANI NATION, AB - A First Nation is southern Alberta is taking action in hopes of preventing further deaths related to the use of drugs.The Piikani Nation issued a state of emergency on January 2, ...
Jan 03, 2024
17.4 per cent raise over 5 years for Quebec's 'common front' public sector unions
MONTREAL - Around 420,000 Quebec public sector workers will receive salary increases of 17.4 per cent over five years. The labour alliance representing the workers confirmed today the settlement that ...
Jan 03, 2024
Alberta providing five years of funding for Carnivores and Communities Program
WATERTON, AB - The provincial government is providing funding to help prevent human-wildlife conflicts in southern Alberta.In a media release, the province said residents of southwestern Alberta have ...
Jan 03, 2024
B.C. school district fined for failing to address student's anxiety
VANCOUVER - An unnamed school district in British Columbia has been ordered by the province's human rights tribunal to pay $5,000 to a student for failing to accommodate her anxiety disorder. Tribunal...
Jan 03, 2024