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Liberal MP slams own government's 'bland statements' on Israel's far-right crackdown
OTTAWA - Liberal MP Salma Zahid is criticizing her own government's response to Israel's administration amid police violence in Jerusalem. The Toronto MP says Foreign Minister Mlanie Joly needs to go ...
Apr 05, 2023

Brazil man kills 4 children with hatchet at daycare center
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - A man with a hatchet invaded a daycare center Wednesday in Brazil, killing four children and wounding at least five others, authorities said. The state's firefighter corps said t...
Apr 05, 2023

New doctor incentive program misses the mark says Director of Northern Medical Services
The province now has a plan to incentivize more doctors to come to the province, but will that make a difference in northern Saskatchewan?The incentive program, which started on April 1, is designed t...
Apr 05, 2023

Quebec ordered to pay ex-premier Charest $385K because of corruption probe leaks
MONTREAL - The Quebec Superior Court has ordered the provincial government to pay ex-premier Jean Charest $385,000 because information about a corruption investigation targeting the Liberals was leake...
Apr 05, 2023

Missouri tornado kills multiple people, sows destruction
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A tornado that tore through southeastern Missouri on Wednesday caused widespread destruction and killed and injured multiple people, authorities said. The tornado moved through...
Apr 05, 2023

Party switch gives GOP veto-proof control in North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A Democrat in the North Carolina state House switched to the Republican Party on Wednesday, giving the GOP veto-proof control in both chambers of the legislature and handing Democ...
Apr 05, 2023

Japan police arrest 2 in food prank at beef bowl diner
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese police have arrested two men who posted a clip in which one of them is eating ginger from a communal container with his chopsticks at a famous beef bowl restaurant, part of a ser...
Apr 05, 2023

Italian ex-leader Berlusconi hospitalized, reportedly in ICU
ROME (AP) - Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was hospitalized Wednesday, his spokesman said. Italian media reported he was in intensive care with respiratory problems. The 86-year-old three-ti...
Apr 05, 2023

Paging Dr. Thompson; Canadian defender combines med school and international hockey
A few hours before Canada's game Friday at the women's world hockey championship, Claire Thompson will write an endocrinology exam. "School still goes on, even when there's a world championship," Thom...
Apr 05, 2023

Report: Husband of ex-Scottish leader arrested
LONDON (AP) - British media are reporting that the husband of former Scottish first minister and Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested in a party finance probe. Police in Sc...
Apr 05, 2023