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Catholic Bishops say $30-million reconciliation fund on track to meet new deadline
OTTAWA - Canadian Catholic leaders say they are almost halfway to their fundraising goals for a reconciliation fund formed after the church failed to meet its previous financial commitments. The Canad...
Sep 28, 2023
Sweden's leader turns to the military for help as gang violence escalates
STOCKHOLM (AP) - Sweden's prime minister on Thursday said that he's summoned the head of the military to discuss how the armed forces can help police deal with an unprecedented crime wave that has sho...
Sep 28, 2023
Sovereignty act may be used to fight 2035 net-zero electricity plan: Alberta premier
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she would use her province's sovereignty act as a last resort to challenge any attempt by the federal government to impost a net-zero electricity grid by...
Sep 28, 2023
Group monitoring RCMP response to mass shooting inquiry needs public's help: chair
HALIFAX - The head of the committee overseeing how governments and the RCMP are responding to the Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry says the public will play a key role in ensuring the inquiry's recom...
Sep 28, 2023
U Sports drops first-year grade requirements for participation, scholarships
TORONTO - Canada's governing body of varsity sports is changing its policies to allow students entering universities to be eligible to participate in sports and receive athletic scholarships regardles...
Sep 28, 2023
Judge grants injunction over Saskatchewan's pronoun policy for schools
REGINA - A judge has granted an injunction to halt a Saskatchewan policy that requires parental consent when children under 16 want to go by different names and pronouns at school. The decision by Cou...
Sep 28, 2023
Northvolt to build $7B battery factory near Montreal, includes government money
MONTREAL - Swedish manufacturer Northvolt says it will build a $7 billion gigafactory for electric vehicle batteries near Montreal that it claims will represent the largest private investment in Quebe...
Sep 28, 2023
Ex-MPP Randy Hillier's request to move trial away from Ottawa denied
OTTAWA - A judge has denied a second request by former Ontario MPP Randy Hillier, who is facing charges related to his participation in the "Freedom Convoy" protest, to move his jury trial away from O...
Sep 28, 2023
Dutch police say 2 people are killed in shootings at a university hospital and home in Rotterdam
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A lone gunman wearing a bulletproof vest opened fire in an apartment and a hospital in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam on Thursday, killing two people and seriously inju...
Sep 28, 2023
Emails at centre of court martial for Lt.-Gen. Whelan are under publication ban
OTTAWA - The military judge presiding over the court martial for Lt.-Gen. Steve Whelan has decided the emails at the centre of the case will not be made public during the trial unless they are allowed...
Sep 28, 2023