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Surging energy prices harmful to families, should drive green transition: Freeland
OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government is absolutely concerned with the struggles Canadians are facing as a result of inflation, but insists the current energy crisis is ...
Jul 06, 2022

New report details missed chances to stop Uvalde shooting
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A police officer armed with a rifle watched the gunman in the Uvalde elementary school massacre walk toward the campus but did not fire while waiting for permission from a supervi...
Jul 06, 2022

Iran media: Revolutionary Guard accuses diplomats of spying
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iranian media reported on Wednesday that the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has accused the deputy ambassador of the United Kingdom and other foreigners in the country ...
Jul 06, 2022

Soldier James Topp wore uniform while criticizing vaccine mandates to draw attention
OTTAWA - Warrant Officer James Topp says he doesn't believe people would have paid attention if he hadn't donned his uniform to publicly oppose the Canadian military's vaccine requirements. That decis...
Jul 06, 2022

Hampered Nadal gets past Fritz at Wimbledon; Kyrgios next
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Wincing from abdominal pain, unable to ply his customary relentless style of tennis, Rafael Nadal worried that he might need to stop playing in the Wimbledon quarterfinals ag...
Jul 06, 2022

Canadian curlers John Morris, Shannon Birchard partner in mixed doubles
John Morris and Shannon Birchard have joined forces in mixed doubles curling. Morris, who won Olympic mixed doubles gold with Kaitlyn Lawes in 2018 and also competed with Rachel Homan in Beijing in Fe...
Jul 06, 2022

First set of tickets for Pope's mass in Edmonton booked within minutes
EDMONTON - Thousands of tickets for the Pope's open-air mass at Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium were all booked about 15 minutes after they were made available to the public for free. The July 26 mass...
Jul 06, 2022

US to diversify infant formula industry to avoid shortages
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration is looking to help foreign makers of baby formula stay on the U.S. market for the long term, in an effort to diversify the industry after the closure of the ...
Jul 06, 2022

Three die in head-on crash along Trans-Canada Highway through B.C.'s Shuswap region
CHASE, B.C. - RCMP are investigating a head-on crash in British Columbia's Shuswap region that left three people dead. A statement from Chase RCMP says police were called to an area along the Trans-Ca...
Jul 06, 2022

UNBC programs receive funds to fight against racism in healthcare
PRINCE GEORGE-The National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH) and the Health Arts Research Centre (HARC) are receiving new funding to address racism in health care.The Hearts-based Edu...
Jul 06, 2022