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Bloc, NDP criticize Tory MP over refusal to help Quebec family of 'illegal refugees'
OTTAWA - Bloc Qubcois and New Democrat MPs are criticizing a Conservative colleague for refusing to help a Quebec family facing deportation and calling them "illegal refugees." Quebec MP Richard Marte...
Dec 20, 2022
Officer gets nearly 12 years for killing Atatiana Jefferson
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - A former Texas police officer who fatally shot Atatiana Jefferson through a rear window of her home in 2019 was sentenced on Tuesday to 11 years and 10 months in prison for hi...
Dec 20, 2022
B.C. snowfall no winter wonderland for Vancouver's poor and homeless, says advocate
VANCOUVER - One of the heaviest one-day snowfalls to hit British Columbia's south coast in years has prompted cancellations or delays, power outages and other inconveniences, but advocates for the imp...
Dec 20, 2022
New study shows that high rates of workplace injuries in Montreal involve immigrants
MONTREAL - A new study from a Montreal research institute for occupational health and safety estimates that up to 80 per cent of people who are injured at work in the city and require rehabilitation a...
Dec 20, 2022
New West Theatre hits first goal in Save our Stage fundraiser
LETHBRIDGE, AB - New West Theatre is here to stay, despite what organizers described as an extremely difficult year. In November, New West Theatre kicked off its "Save our Stage" fundraiser as they fa...
Dec 20, 2022
Trudeau to attend 'Three Amigos' summit as U.S. expands challenge under trade deal
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to travel to Mexico City for a North American Leaders' Summit taking place Jan. 10. The annual "Three Amigos" meeting will see Trudeau sitting down w...
Dec 20, 2022
Quebec anticorruption squad kept busy this year investigating fake vaccine passports
QUEBEC - A new report from Quebec's anticorruption unit says its officers were kept busy this year chasing down hundreds of reports related to the production and use of fake COVID-19 vaccine passports...
Dec 20, 2022
Christmas stocking bundles being distributed to patients at Chinook Regional Hospital
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Volunteers at Chinook Regional Hospital (CRH) are helping to spread some holiday joy.They are working to assemble more than 630 gift bundles for patients at the hospital through the O...
Dec 20, 2022
Taliban says women banned from universities in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Women are banned from private and public universities in Afghanistan with immediate effect and until further notice, a Taliban government spokesman said Tuesday, the latest e...
Dec 20, 2022
CP NewsAlert: Defence Department gets OK to spend $7 billion on 16 F-35 fighter jets
OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence has quietly received approval to buy 16 F-35 fighter jets and related gear for a price tag of $7 billion, sources tell The Canadian Press. More coming. The ...
Dec 20, 2022