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Charges filed after emergency alert near Lloydminster
Three people have been charged in connection with an emergency alert issued last Tuesday after shots were fired in the Lloydminster area.A 24-year-old woman from Onion Lake, a 19-year-old woman from t...
Sep 12, 2022
Nunavut rolling out new COVID-19 vaccine to older residents
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut says it is rolling out the newly approved bivalent COVID-19 vaccine. The territory is now offering the booster shots to people 70 and older and all residents and staff in lo...
Sep 12, 2022
Coalition on climate adaptation says Canada needs hard targets on disaster resilience
OTTAWA - A coalition on climate adaptation and disaster resilience says air conditioning should become a human right on par with winter heating because climate change is increasing the risks of extrem...
Sep 12, 2022
Canada, U.S. take women's hockey rivalry to B.C. in November
CALGARY - Fresh off winning a women's world hockey championship, Canada will host archrival U.S. in Kelowna and Kamloops, B.C. in November. Games Nov. 15 in Kelowna and Nov. 17 in Kamloops are part of...
Sep 12, 2022
Ontario opens bivalent vaccine appointments for most vulnerable
TORONTO - Ontario is rolling out Omicron-targeted COVID-19 vaccines, starting with residents considered the most vulnerable, including those aged 70 and older, long-term care residents and health-care...
Sep 12, 2022
Thai protester accused of mocking queen gets 2 years' prison
BANGKOK (AP) - A court in Thailand on Monday sentenced an activist to two years in prison for allegedly insulting the country's queen by wearing traditional Thai attire at a demonstration for reform o...
Sep 12, 2022
After the death of a renowned queen, life in London goes on
LONDON (AP) - On morning television, the moment was singularly somber - the departure of the hearse bearing the flag-draped coffin of Queen Elizabeth II. But at the very same hour, as fans in shorts a...
Sep 12, 2022
Forward Nick Suzuki named captain of the Montreal Canadiens
MONTREAL - Nick Suzuki is the new captain of the Montreal Canadiens. Coach Martin St-Louis made the announcement Monday morning as part of the team's annual golf tournament at the Laval-sur-le-Lac gol...
Sep 12, 2022
Charles III and the 'weight of history' of Westminster Hall
LONDON (AP) - In his first visit to Britain's Parliament as monarch, King Charles III spoke of feeling the "weight of history which surrounds us" and referenced his "medieval predecessors" as he pledg...
Sep 12, 2022
Canada and the Queen, Poilievre to meet with Tory caucus : In The News for Sept. 12
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. 12 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Sep 12, 2022