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Regular travel and public health measures can't coexist: Canadian Airport Council
OTTAWA - The Canadian Airports Council is asking the federal government to do away with COVID-19 protocols at customs to clear up the chaos that international travellers experience when they arrive in...
May 17, 2022
West Montreal health board CEO will step down in July after scathing coroner's report
MONTREAL - The head of a western Montreal regional health authority will step down at the end of her mandate in July following a damning report from the Quebec coroner. The health authority made the a...
May 17, 2022
Research group says whales that turned up in Montreal haven't been seen since Sunday
MONTREAL - A marine mammal research group is reporting that the two minke whales spotted near Montreal last week haven't been seen for more than 48 hours. Robert Michaud of the group Reseau qubecois d...
May 17, 2022
The AP Interview: Scottish leader pushes independence, NATO
WASHINGTON (AP) - The European crisis wrought by Russia's war in Ukraine makes Scotland's independence drive more important and demands that Scotland play its "full part" in ensuring stability and sec...
May 17, 2022
In Buffalo, Biden condemns racism, mourns new victims
BUFFALO (AP) - President Joe Biden on Tuesday condemned the poison of white supremacy and said the nation must "reject the lie" of the racist "replacement theory" espoused by the shooter who murdered ...
May 17, 2022
Toronto Maple Leafs-Tampa Bay Lightning series popular with sports bettors
TORONTO - The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. is expecting a drop-off in betting with the Toronto Maple Leafs being out of the NHL playoffs. The OLG announced Tuesday the Leafs-Tampa Bay opening-roun...
May 17, 2022
Crews work to alleviate odour from Lethbridge Wastewater Treatment Plant
LETHBRIDGE, AB -- Recreators in the Lethbridge river bottom will soon be able to unplug their noses.The City of Lethbridge says staff will complete the annual spring waste haul at the Wastewater Treat...
May 17, 2022
Republican Senate candidates promote 'replacement' theory
NEW YORK (AP) - A half-dozen mainstream Republican Senate candidates are drawing on the "great replacement" conspiracy theory once confined to the far-right fringes of U.S. politics to court voters th...
May 17, 2022
College football, Australian Open headline ESPN schedule
Three huge matchups to kick off the college football season, a new Australian Open agreement and two new "30 for 30" documentaries were announced Tuesday by ESPN as part of its presentation to adverti...
May 17, 2022
Jury deliberating for second day at Quebec City Halloween 2020 murder trial
QUEBEC - Jurors are deliberating for a second day at the murder trial for the man accused of stalking the streets of Old Quebec City on Halloween 2020 and using a sword to kill two people and injure f...
May 17, 2022