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Eby's new B.C. cabinet builds speculation about early election call, says expert
VICTORIA - Political pundits are expecting Premier David Eby to appoint new cabinet ministers who have fire in their bellies for the challenging jobs ahead, and the possibility of an early election ca...
Dec 06, 2022
Hakimi's 'Panenka' penalty advances Morocco at World Cup
AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) - The sheer audacity. The simple execution. And then ... delirium. Achraf Hakimi converted the decisive spot kick for Morocco with a little dink of a shot known as a "Panenka" in...
Dec 06, 2022
Poland says it will accept German Patriot air defense system
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland's defense minister said Tuesday that his country will accept a Patriot missile defense system which Germany offered to deploy to Poland last month. The German offer was ma...
Dec 06, 2022
Kamloops, B.C., company slays industry giants to win acoustic guitar of the year
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A small guitar company from Kamloops, B.C., has triumphed over industry giants to have one of its models named acoustic guitar of the year. Riversong Guitars and its River Pacific des...
Dec 06, 2022
Saskatchewan faces 2,000 staff shortages in health care over next five years: auditor
Saskatchewan's auditor says the province is facing a shortage of health-care workers over the next five years.Tara Clemett says in a report that the government's current plan to recruit workers isn't ...
Dec 06, 2022
Military faces calls to return general to duty after sexual assault acquittal
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces is facing calls to return Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin to duty after the senior officer, who previously oversaw the Canada's COVID-19 vaccine rollout, was acquitted of sexu...
Dec 06, 2022
No legal obligation to bring Canadians home from Syria, federal lawyer tells court
OTTAWA - A government lawyer is telling a Federal Court hearing that the Charter of Rights and Freedoms does not obligate Ottawa to repatriate Canadians held in Syrian camps. Family members of 23 deta...
Dec 06, 2022
Sask. gun owners worry federal government will soon take all firearms
Despite assurances from the prime minister that hunting rifles will not be banned, Saskatchewan gun owners say they are fed up with the government's proposed changes to Bill C-21.The federal Liberals ...
Dec 06, 2022
DOJ subpoenas state election officials for Trump documents
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Special counsel Jack Smith has subpoenaed officials in Wisconsin, Michigan and Arizona, asking for communications with or involving former President Donald Trump, his campaign aid...
Dec 06, 2022
Daughters of murder victim call on feds to act in light of Winnipeg killings
OTTAWA - The daughters of an Indigenous woman police believe to have been the victim of a serial killer were on Parliament Hill this morning, calling on the federal government to take action. Police b...
Dec 06, 2022