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Biden to Dems: Scrap caucuses, promote diversity in primary
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden says Democrats should move past "restrictive" caucuses and embrace diversity in the order of its presidential nominating calendar, dealing a major blow to Iowa's ...
Dec 01, 2022
Canada should pause MAID for people with mental disorders: psychiatrists
Canada is not ready to expand medical assistance in dying for people with a mental disorder, leaving psychiatrists across the country "incredibly concerned" about patients needing better access to car...
Dec 01, 2022
'We must all grieve their loss:' Winnipeg man accused of killing four women
WINNIPEG - Police allege a Winnipeg man charged with killing a First Nations woman this spring killed three other women around the same time. Of the latest three, two have been confirmed to be Indigen...
Dec 01, 2022
St. Walburg local, Thiele commits to Lakeland College
St. Walburg's Niomi Thiele will don Lakeland Rustlers' green next fall for the next chapter of her basketball journey.The Grade 12 senior at St. Walburg School recently committed to the Rustlers' prog...
Dec 01, 2022
Canadian golfing great Mike Weir closes day at Toronto Stock Exchange
TORONTO - Canadian golfing great Mike Weir added another new experience to his storied career on Thursday. Gold confetti rained down as Weir pressed the button that formally stops trading for the day ...
Dec 01, 2022
Global Affairs calls in China ambassador over claims of secret police stations
OTTAWA - A Global Affairs Canada official says the department has called in China's ambassador numerous times over allegations that secret police stations are targeting that country's diaspora in Cana...
Dec 01, 2022
Trump probe: Court halts Mar-a-Lago special master review
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court on Thursday ended an independent review of documents seized from former President Donald Trump's Florida estate, removing a hurdle the Justice Department said...
Dec 01, 2022
Environment Canada issues extreme cold warning for Battlefords, Meadow Lake, Prince Albert
Environment Canada issued an extreme cold warning for much of the central part of Saskatchewan and parts of the extreme north.The warning stretches from Meadow Lake south to the Kindersley area. It go...
Dec 01, 2022
Guerrero named Blue Jays' player of the year by Toronto baseball writers' association
TORONTO - Vladimir Guerrero Jr., was named Blue Jays player of the year on Thursday in voting by the Toronto chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. The all-star first baseman had a ....
Dec 01, 2022
B.C. Nisga'a totem on display at Scotland museum since 1930 is heading home
VICTORIA - The National Museum of Scotland says it will return a memorial totem pole taken nearly a century ago from the Nisga'a Nation in British Columbia. The museum says its board of trustees appro...
Dec 01, 2022