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Commercial, private or military jet? Garneau quarantine travel raises rule questions
OTTAWA - Plans for Canada's foreign affairs minister to take his second international trip in less than a month have raised questions around what's allowed for those in quarantine and a discrepancy be...
May 12, 2021

U.K. eyeing fall for start of detailed trade deal talks with Canada, minister says
OTTAWA - Britain's trade minister says his country expects to kick-start talks on a free-trade pact with Canada in the fall and suggests it might differ in scope from what is now in place. Ranil Jayaw...
May 12, 2021

Report: Ellen DeGeneres to end her TV talk show next year
NEW YORK (AP) - Ellen DeGeneres is calling time on her longtime-running talk show, according to reports. The daytime host, who has seen a ratings hit after allegations of running a toxic workplace, ha...
May 12, 2021

France's Supreme Court to rule on Hassan Diab extradition next week: lawyer
OTTAWA - A lawyer for Hassan Diab says the Canadian government should not be part of any further wrongful extradition of the Ottawa sociology professor regardless of the outcome of a looming French Su...
May 12, 2021

Trump officials defend their actions in Jan. 6 Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two senior Trump administration officials defended their actions during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol in testimony before Congress on Wednesday, with former acting Defense Secr...
May 12, 2021

Ruling paves way for longer sentence in George Floyd's death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minnesota judge has ruled that there were aggravating factors in the death of George Floyd, paving the way for a longer sentence for Derek Chauvin, according to an order made publ...
May 12, 2021

Internal emails reveal WHO knew of sex abuse claims in Congo
BENI, Congo (AP) - When Shekinah was working as a nurse's aide in northeastern Congo in January 2019, she said, she was offered a job from a World Health Organization doctor at double her salary - in ...
May 12, 2021

House GOP ousts Trump critic Liz Cheney from top post
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans ousted Rep. Liz Cheney from her post as the chamber's No. 3 GOP leader on Wednesday, punishing her after she repeatedly rebuked former President Donald Trump for hi...
May 12, 2021

RCMP locate person of interest in suspicious death of Brenda Ware
RADIUM HOT SPRINGS, B.C. - RCMP are no longer needing the public's help in finding a man in connection with the suspicious death of Brenda Ware.The 35-year-old woman was found deceased on May 6 in Koo...
May 12, 2021

Leafs, Habs will face off in long-awaited playoff rematch, Oilers will face Jets
The Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens will meet in the playoffs for the first time in 42 years when the 2020-21 NHL post-season gets underway. The seeding for the four playoff teams in th...
May 12, 2021