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Ontario opens bivalent vaccine appointments for most vulnerable
TORONTO - Ontario is rolling out Omicron-targeted COVID-19 vaccines, starting with residents considered the most vulnerable, including those aged 70 and older, long-term care residents and health-care...
Sep 12, 2022
Thai protester accused of mocking queen gets 2 years' prison
BANGKOK (AP) - A court in Thailand on Monday sentenced an activist to two years in prison for allegedly insulting the country's queen by wearing traditional Thai attire at a demonstration for reform o...
Sep 12, 2022
After the death of a renowned queen, life in London goes on
LONDON (AP) - On morning television, the moment was singularly somber - the departure of the hearse bearing the flag-draped coffin of Queen Elizabeth II. But at the very same hour, as fans in shorts a...
Sep 12, 2022
Forward Nick Suzuki named captain of the Montreal Canadiens
MONTREAL - Nick Suzuki is the new captain of the Montreal Canadiens. Coach Martin St-Louis made the announcement Monday morning as part of the team's annual golf tournament at the Laval-sur-le-Lac gol...
Sep 12, 2022
Charles III and the 'weight of history' of Westminster Hall
LONDON (AP) - In his first visit to Britain's Parliament as monarch, King Charles III spoke of feeling the "weight of history which surrounds us" and referenced his "medieval predecessors" as he pledg...
Sep 12, 2022
Canada and the Queen, Poilievre to meet with Tory caucus : In The News for Sept. 12
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Sept. 12 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Sep 12, 2022
As pivotal midterm elections draw near, campaign trajectories upended by Roe v. Wade
WASHINGTON - What a difference a day makes - especially a day like June 24, 2022. With the stroke of a pen, the Supreme Court repealed nearly 50 years of abortion rights in the United States. Three mo...
Sep 12, 2022
Canada to be 'prominent' at Queen's lying in state and funeral: diplomat
LONDON - Canada will have a "prominent" role in the lying-in-state and funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, Canada's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom says, as preparations in London shift into high g...
Sep 12, 2022
Pierre Poilievre to meet Conservative party caucus after landslide leadership win
OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre will address the national Conservative caucus today for the first time since handily securing the party's leadership over the weekend. Poilievre is set to meet with the Torie...
Sep 12, 2022
Quebec election: Legault to campaign in hotly contested ridings in Montreal and Laval
MONTREAL - Coalition Avenir Qubec Leader Franois Legault will head to the Montreal area today as he campaigns in a pair of ridings he's hoping to add come Oct. 3. Legault will be in Chteauguay and Sou...
Sep 12, 2022