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Federal government now posting passport wait times online as long lineups continue
OTTAWA - Passport offices are still dealing with a surge of applications, the minister responsible says, and wait times are "far from acceptable." Karina Gould says those long wait times are her top p...
Jun 13, 2022
Calgary cabinet minister running to replace Jason Kenney as UCP leader and premier
CALGARY, AB - A cabinet minister from Calgary has joined the race to replace Jason Kenney as United Conservative leader and Alberta premier.Rajan Sawhney says if she were to win, she would order a pub...
Jun 13, 2022
RBC Canadian Open finds success despite LIV Golf Invitational challenge
TORONTO - Golf's ability to bring people together - while remaining socially distant and outdoors - raised it to new levels of popularity during the most intense periods of the COVID-19 pandemic. But ...
Jun 13, 2022
Life for 'How to Murder Your Husband' author in spouse death
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A self-published romance novelist who once wrote an online essay called "How to Murder Your Husband" was sentenced Monday to life in prison with the possibility of parole for mur...
Jun 13, 2022
CP NewsAlert: Watchdog launches probe into actions of police in 8 B.C. departments
VICTORIA - British Columbia's police complaint commissioner has set off an investigation into the conduct of 19 officers from eight separate police departments. A statement from the commissioner says ...
Jun 13, 2022
Olympic champion Warner not feeling pressure as he readies to compete in Canada
VANCOUVER - Even Canada's top athlete has to change diapers. Decathlete Damian Warner has become a recognizable face since winning gold at the Tokyo Olympics last summer, but the 32-year-old said he's...
Jun 13, 2022
Former Raptors star Kyle Lowry to have street named after him in Toronto
TORONTO - Former Raptors star guard Kyle Lowry is getting a street named after him in Toronto. The city announced Monday that Lowry would be among seven people lending their name to a street at Don Mi...
Jun 13, 2022
Two Sikh rally organizers say they were wrongly arrested amid Parliament bomb scare
OTTAWA - Two organizers of a Sikh event set to take place on Parliament Hill Saturday say they were arrested and released after being wrongfully identified in connection to a bomb threat in the area. ...
Jun 13, 2022
Trial dates delayed for men accused in Coutts border blockade
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Setting of trial dates for four men charged with conspiracy to commit murder at a border blockade in southern Alberta has been delayed another month after one of the accused fired his...
Jun 13, 2022
Watchdog nominee Philippe Dufresne stresses privacy as a 'fundamental right'
OTTAWA - Philippe Dufresne, the government's nominee to be the next federal privacy watchdog, says coming legislation must recognize privacy as a "fundamental right." Dufresene told a House of Commons...
Jun 13, 2022