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Ongoing cost-of-living crisis should trigger another housing benefit payment: Singh
OTTAWA - The federal government needs to issue another $500 benefit payment for low-income families struggling to keep a roof over their heads, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Thursday. Singh was in Soo...
Aug 31, 2023

Canada's LePage sets sights on Olympic gold after historic world decathlon title win
Pierce LePage has one more mountain to climb, one more goal to reach. The Whitby, Ont., native made history on Saturday, striking gold in the men's decathlon at the World Athletics Championships. He b...
Aug 31, 2023

Government still reviewing ways to respond to Emergencies Act inquiry recommendations
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says the government is working on a new approach to protect the security of critical trade and transportation corridors in response to recommendations f...
Aug 31, 2023

Missouri judge says white man will stand trial for shooting Black teen who went to wrong house
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri judge has ruled that an 84-year-old man will stand trial for shooting Ralph Yarl, a Black teen who went to the man's house by mistake. Judge Louis Angles ruled Thurs...
Aug 31, 2023

Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell can continue with his work schedule, congressional physician says
WASHINGTON (AP) - The attending physician to Congress said Thursday that he had cleared Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell to continue with his planned schedule after evaluating an incident in w...
Aug 31, 2023

Police stop Nebraska man for bucking the law with a bull riding shotgun in his car
A 911 call about a car driving with a cow inside it in one of northeast Nebraska's biggest cities was no bull. Norfolk Police Capt. Chad Reiman said it didn't take long for officers to track down the ...
Aug 31, 2023

Dabrowski, Routliffe advance to doubles second round at US Open
NEW YORK - Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand advanced to the second round of the U.S. Open women's doubles tournament with a 4-6, 6-1, 6-0 win over Lauren Davis of ...
Aug 31, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Man in mass stabbing at B.C. library gets life, no parole for 15 years
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A man who killed a woman and wounded six other people in a mass stabbing at a library in North Vancouver, B.C., has received a life sentence with no chance of parole for 15 yea...
Aug 31, 2023

Texas high court allows law banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors to take effect
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas Supreme Court will allow the new state law banning gender-affirming care for minors to take effect on Friday, setting up Texas to be the most populous state with such re...
Aug 31, 2023

B.C. officer who assaulted UBC nursing student receives conditional discharge
KELOWNA, B.C. - The BC Prosecution Service has confirmed a Mountie who pleaded guilty to assaulting a University of British Columbia student during a wellness check in Kelowna has received a condition...
Aug 31, 2023