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Joly testifies at Senate committee on Ukraine war and possible new sanctions law
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says she supports a bill from an independent senator to confiscate seized Russian assets even though the government's version of such a law differs in one...
Apr 28, 2022
RCMP searching for suspect in second stranger sex assault in five weeks
PRINCE GEORGE-Prince George RCMP is currently looking for a suspect in another stranger sex assault, the second such event in the last five weeks. Police received a report of a stranger sex assault th...
Apr 28, 2022
Crown appeals stay of proceedings in case of Quebec judge accused of killing wife
QUEBEC - The Crown says it will appeal a Quebec Superior Court ruling that prevented a former judge from facing a new murder trial in the killing of his wife. Jacques Delisle, 86, had his application ...
Apr 28, 2022
Inuit organization develops shared plan with Mounties to improve relationship
The national organization representing Inuit people has developed a plan with Mounties to help improve the relationship with the police force. Natan Obed, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, says hi...
Apr 28, 2022
Whitecaps sign Paraguayan midfielder Andrés Cubas as designated player
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have acquired Paraguayan international midfielder Andrs Cubas via transfer from French club Nmes Olympique. The Whitecaps said in a release Thursday that Cubas has ...
Apr 28, 2022
Moderna's promised vaccine production facility to be built in Montreal area
OTTAWA - American vaccine maker Moderna will announce Friday it intends to build its promised Canadian production facility in the Montreal area. A source with knowledge of the announcement confirms th...
Apr 28, 2022
Vancouver council hiking empty homes tax to 5 per cent of assessed value in 2023
Vancouver is raising the tax that prods owners of empty homes to rent their vacant properties in order to help ease the city's low vacancy rate. Councillors have unanimously backed a motion from Mayor...
Apr 28, 2022
Live updates | Briton killed in Ukraine, another missing
LONDON - The British government says a U.K. national has been killed in Ukraine, and another is missing. The Foreign Office confirmed Thursday that it is supporting the family of a British national ki...
Apr 28, 2022
Defence Minister Anita Anand in D.C. to talk Ukraine, Norad with U.S. counterpart
WASHINGTON - Defence Minister Anita Anand is headed to the Pentagon to meet with her American counterpart, Lloyd Austin, as the war in Ukraine injects new urgency into cross-border military priorities...
Apr 28, 2022
Israel PM's family receives death threat and bullet in mail
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli police said Thursday the family of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has received a death threat and bullet in the mail for the second time this week. Israeli media say the targe...
Apr 28, 2022