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EU report: Frontex covered up Greek pushbacks of migrants
ATHENS (AP) - A much-anticipated report by the European Union's anti-fraud watchdog into the alleged involvement of the EU border agency Frontex in Greece's illegal pushbacks of migrants to Turkey has...
Oct 13, 2022
Feds don't know how many employees speak an Indigenous language at work
OTTAWA - The federal government says it doesn't know how many of its employees are expected to speak an Indigenous language as part of their job. It comes as Ottawa faces calls to expand the compensat...
Oct 13, 2022
Roughrider foundation launches youth mental wellness ‘playbook’
The Saskatchewan Roughrider Foundation launched a new initiative Thursday, aiming to give young people more resources to tackle issues with mental health and wellness.The foundation has teamed up with...
Oct 13, 2022
Police: 2 officers may have been 'lured' into deadly ambush
BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) - Authorities said Thursday they believe that two police officers who were shot dead in Connecticut had been drawn into an ambush by a 911 call about possible domestic violence. St...
Oct 13, 2022
Michigan State U. leader, hired after Nassar scandal, quits
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The president of Michigan State University announced his resignation Thursday, three years after he was hired in the wake of the Larry Nassar sexual assault scandal. Samuel Stanl...
Oct 13, 2022
Michigan State U. leader, hired after Nassar scandal, quits
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The president of Michigan State University announced his resignation Thursday, three years after he was hired in the wake of the Larry Nassar sexual assault scandal. Samuel Stanl...
Oct 13, 2022
Sajjan likens Russian missile strikes on Ukraine cities to Holodomor famine
OTTAWA - International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan says Russia's strikes on Ukraine's civilian infrastructure have him thinking about a historical famine. The Holodomor was a man-made famine in...
Oct 13, 2022
U.S. is holding Nexus trusted-traveller program 'hostage,' Canadian envoy says
WASHINGTON - Canada's envoy to the United States says the cross-border Nexus trusted-traveller program is being "held hostage" by a U.S. effort to renegotiate the 20-year-old agreement. Kirsten Hillma...
Oct 13, 2022
Quebecer charged in 22-year-old murder after beefed-up cold case unit logs 1st arrest
MONTREAL - A Quebec man has been charged with first-degree murder and aggravated sexual assault in the homicide of a junior college student 22 years ago. A Crown prosecutor says Marc-Andr Grenon was c...
Oct 13, 2022
Canadian women unchanged at No. 7 in last FIFA rankings before 2023 World Cup draw
Canada's women are unchanged at No. 7 in the latest FIFA world rankings. The U.S. continues atop the list with Olympic silver medallist Sweden moving up to No. 2, dropping Germany one place. England s...
Oct 13, 2022