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Sweden will send 'reduced battalion' to join Canadian-led NATO force in Latvia
OTTAWA - Sweden's prime minister says his country plans to join a Canadian-led NATO brigade force in Latvia. In a speech Monday to a national security conference, Ulf Kristersson said his government i...
Jan 09, 2024
Blinken dismisses South Africa genocide case against Israel as 'meritless'
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has dismissed the South African genocide case against Israel as "meritless." Speaking to reporters Tuesday in Tel Aviv, Blinken said the ...
Jan 09, 2024
B.C. launches Canada's first self-screening cervical cancer plan, with at-home tests
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is phasing out the pap test for cancer screening in favour of mail-in kits collected by patients. The government says trials have shown that screening for the human papill...
Jan 09, 2024
White House orders Cabinet secretaries to notify when they can't perform duties after Austin illness
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House chief of staff on Tuesday ordered Cabinet heads to notify his office if they ever can't perform their duties, as the Biden administration, reeling from learning of De...
Jan 09, 2024
Kimmel says he'd accept an apology from Aaron Rodgers but doesn't expect one
NEW YORK (AP) - Jimmy Kimmel said he'd accept an apology from New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers for inappropriate comments associating the comic with Jeffrey Epstein, but doesn't expect one. "A ...
Jan 09, 2024
Shohei Ohtani's Dodgers deal prompts California controller to ask Congress to cap deferred payments
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California Controller Malia M. Cohen wants Congress to change the tax code to cap deferred payments, a change that could ensure the state is owed more money from Shohei Ohtan...
Jan 09, 2024
Canadians vie for 2 spots to play golf in the Olympics. They also have a Presidents Cup in Montreal
KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) - Even though it technically isn't a team, no squad is more difficult to make than Americans wanting to play in the Olympics. The maximum number is four players provided they are ...
Jan 09, 2024
Shohei Ohtani's Dodgers deal prompts California controller to ask Congress to cap deferred payments
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California Controller Malia M. Cohen wants Congress to change the tax code to cap deferred payments, a change that could ensure the state is owed more money from Shohei Ohtan...
Jan 09, 2024
Ray Epps, a target of Jan. 6 conspiracy theories, gets a year of probation for his Capitol riot role
WASHINGTON (AP) - A man targeted by right-wing conspiracy theories about the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced on Tuesday to a year of probation for joining the Jan. 6, 2021, attack by a mob of fellow D...
Jan 09, 2024
Sask. NDP calls out Sask. Party for small job growth in P.A. & Northern Saskatchewan
The Sask. NDP believes Prince Albert and Northern Saskatchewan are an afterthought for the Sask. Party.Aleana Young, the official opposition critic for jobs and the economy, made this comment to paNOW...
Jan 09, 2024