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Canada's new antisemitism envoy Deborah Lyons eyes campus and online anti-Jew speech
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government has appointed former ambassador Deborah Lyons as Canada's Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism. Lyons is Canada's former ambass...
Oct 16, 2023
Tribunal asking Senators to disclosing their withheld emails in discrimination case
OTTAWA - A federal tribunal is asking senators to divulge emails that it believes are relevant to determining whether an employee was fired on the basis of racial discrimination. A tribunal is hearing...
Oct 16, 2023
CP NewsAlert: B.C. to bring in new rules on short-term rentals to create more housing
VICTORIA - The B.C. government has introduced legislation that would rein in what it says is a rapidly expanding short-term rental market. Premier David Eby says the number of short-term rentals has b...
Oct 16, 2023
In Newfoundland, champion runners look up to 85-year-old woman still ‘killing it’
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - An 85-year-old woman ran a notoriously agonizing 20-kilometre road race in St. John's on Sunday, completing her 10th competitive run of the course and beating 121 much younger peopl...
Oct 16, 2023
Canada defeats Lithuania to remain unbeaten at world mixed curling championship
ABERDEEN, United Kingdom - Canada remained undefeated halfway through round-robin play at the 2023 World Mixed Curling Championship with a 9-5 win over Lithuania on Monday. The Canadians, skipped by M...
Oct 16, 2023
Winnipeg man pleads not-guilty in killing of parents and attack on nurse
WINNIPEG - Lawyers for a man accused of killing his parents and attacking a nurse at a Winnipeg hospital nearly two years ago say he is not criminally responsible due to mental illness. Trevor Farley ...
Oct 16, 2023
Trump has narrow gag order imposed on him by federal judge overseeing 2020 election subversion case
WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal judge overseeing the 2020 election subversion case against Donald Trump in Washington imposed a narrow gag order on him on Monday, barring the Republican former president...
Oct 16, 2023
First group of Canadians leave West Bank for Jordan as those in Gaza brace for worst
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says a group of Canadians has crossed safely from the West Bank into neighbouring Jordan as violence continues in Israel's escalating war against Hamas. J...
Oct 16, 2023
Lethbridge Fire & Emergency Services respond to house fire
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Fire & Emergency Services responded to a house fire in south Lethbridge on the weekend.On Friday, October 13, 2023, crews were called to a house fire near 10 Street and...
Oct 16, 2023
Complainant in Nygard trial says former mogul said he wanted to help with career
TORONTO - A woman who has accused Peter Nygard of sexual assault is telling jurors at his Toronto trial that the former fashion mogul flew her to Toronto under the guise of helping with her fashion ca...
Oct 16, 2023