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Fight for fewer words: Pierre Poilievre promises new law against government jargon
OTTAWA, Ill. - Pierre Poilievre is waging one of his final battles in the Conservative leadership race. The self-styled free speech defender's latest target: the jargon used by the federal bureaucracy...
Sep 01, 2022

Police must take online threats and harassment against journalists seriously: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino will tell chiefs of police today that all police forces need to take seriously a pattern of hate and harassment targe...
Sep 01, 2022

Lethbridge Police investigating a hit and run
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police Service is investigating a hit and run involving two pedestrians on August, 31, 2022.Police say a 64-year-old man and a nine-year-old girl were on a mobility scooter...
Sep 01, 2022

Municipalities say province ignoring concerns about provincial police
LETHBRIDGE, AB - An organization representing over 300 of Alberta's 334 municipalities says the Government of Alberta is not hearing its concerns regarding a proposed provincial police service that co...
Sep 01, 2022

'Nothing about us without us.' Northern premiers address Arctic Circle forum
YELLOWKNIFE - Canada's territorial premiers stressed the need to invest in northern communities and include northerners in decision-making at an Arctic Circle gathering in Greenland that concluded ear...
Sep 01, 2022

Quebec votes: Liberal blames Quebec Conservative leader's rhetoric for rising threats
SHERBROOKE, Que. - Liberal candidate Marwah Rizqy is blaming Conservative Party of Quebec Leader ric Duhaime for the highly charged political climate. Rizqy says she has been receiving deaths threats ...
Sep 01, 2022

Quebec votes: CAQ seeks small wins with promises for improving health care
MONTREAL - Coalition Avenir Qubec Leader Franois Legault is playing the short game with his party's election heath-care promises. On Day 5 of the election campaign, Legault is promising an additional ...
Sep 01, 2022

Health Canada approves Moderna's Omicron booster vaccine
OTTAWA, ONT - Health Canada has approved a new COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna that targets both the original strain of the novel coronavirus and the Omicron variant.Until now, COVID-19 vaccines approve...
Sep 01, 2022

Indiana man charged with murder in Dutch soldiers' shooting
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A 22-year-old Indiana man was charged Thursday with murder in the fatal shooting of a Dutch soldier dead and the wounding of two others in downtown Indianapolis. Shamar Duncan was ...
Sep 01, 2022

Poland demands $1.3 trillion war reparations from Germany
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland's top politician said Thursday that the government will seek equivalent of some $1.3 trillion in reparations from Germany for the Nazis' World War II invasion and occupati...
Sep 01, 2022