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Prince George bylaw targeting homeless people 'scapegoats' the poor, says expert
PRINCE GEORGE - A northern British Columbia city is enacting new restrictions meant to erase the homeless from its core, intensifying the grief that COVID-19 and the overdose crisis have already infli...
Sep 23, 2021
Counting mail ballots, office vacancy in a post-COVID world: In The News for Sept. 23
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Sept. 23 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Sep 23, 2021
Toronto FC dispatches York United FC 4-0 n Canadian Championship quarterfinal
TORONTO - Goals by Jonathan Osorio, Ifunanyachi Achara, Yeferson Soteldo and Noble Okello gave Toronto FC a convincing 4-0 win over York United FC in Canadian Championship quarterfinal play Wednesday....
Sep 22, 2021
Tiger-Cats win 24-7, hand Redblacks fifth straight loss
OTTAWA - Hamilton's third-string quarterback, David Watford, picked up his second straight win on a rain-filled night as the Tiger-Cats defeated the Ottawa Redblacks 24-7 Tuesday at TD Place. The win ...
Sep 22, 2021
Kiermaier hit, apparent retribution, as Rays clinch playoffs
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Kevin Kiermaier was hit by a pitch, apparent retribution for scooping up a Toronto scouting report two days earlier, and the Tampa Bay Rays clinched a postseason berth with...
Sep 22, 2021
Vancouver Canucks sign forward Alex Chiasson to professional tryout contract
VANCOUVER - Forward Alex Chiasson is getting a shot with the Vancouver Canucks. The team announced Wednesday that it has signed the 30-year-old right-winger to a professional tryout contract ahead of ...
Sep 22, 2021
Suits against Ohio State over sex abuse by doc are dismissed
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A federal judge dismissed some of the biggest remaining lawsuits over Ohio State's failure to stop decades-old sexual abuse by now-deceased team doctor Richard Strauss, saying We...
Sep 22, 2021
Suits against Ohio State over sex abuse by doc are dismissed
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A federal judge dismissed some of the biggest remaining lawsuits over Ohio State's failure to stop decades-old sexual abuse by now-deceased team doctor Richard Strauss, saying We...
Sep 22, 2021
N.W.T. top doctor says health system is stretched, adds new orders
YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories is introducing stricter public health measures and extending current orders as the territory continues to deal with an outbreak of COVID-19. Starting Saturday, ...
Sep 22, 2021
Owner of Quebec care home where 47 died during pandemic testifies at coroner inquest
MONTREAL - The owner of a Montreal long-term care home where 47 residents died during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic told a coroner's inquiry Wednesday she was relieved when government offici...
Sep 22, 2021