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Mask mandate extended to include K to Grade 3 students
VICTORIA - British Columbia's mask mandate has been extended to cover all students from K-12. Previously, students from Kindergarten to Grade 3 were excluded from this rule. The change will go into ef...
Oct 01, 2021

California to require all schoolchildren to get COVID shots
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced the nation's first coronavirus vaccination mandate for schoolchildren, a plan that will have all elementary through high school st...
Oct 01, 2021

NWSL calls off weekend games after allegations against coach
The National Women's Soccer League will not play the games scheduled for this weekend as it deals with the fallout from allegations of sexual misconduct against a former coach. North Carolina Courage ...
Oct 01, 2021

Enbridge says still willing to talk on Line 5, despite Michigan's frustration
WASHINGTON - Enbridge Inc. says it remains committed to a mediated settlement of its Line 5 dispute, even though the state of Michigan has given up on the talks. The Calgary-based pipeline giant says ...
Oct 01, 2021

Georgia says its ex-president arrested after returning home
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) - The prime minister of Georgia says former President Mikheil Saakashvili has been arrested. The announcement Friday by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili came about 18 hours aft...
Oct 01, 2021

Environment minister restores federal assessment of Alberta coal mine
Federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson has reinstated his decision to subject a thermal coal mine expansion in Alberta to a federal review. Wilkinson said in July 2020 that the Vista project ...
Oct 01, 2021

Quebec to move ahead with plan to redistribute $39 million to Lac-Mégantic victims
LAC-MGANTIC, Que. - The Quebec government is moving ahead with plans to redistribute $39 million to those impacted by the 2013 rail disaster in Lac-Mgantic, Que., that killed 47 people. About $20 mill...
Oct 01, 2021

CP NewsAlert: Quebec coroner urges Quebec to recognize systemic racism
MONTREAL - The coroner who investigated the death of Joyce Echaquan says the Quebec government should recognize the existence of systemic racism and make a commitment to rooting it out of institutions...
Oct 01, 2021

'He doesn't have much to show for his life:' chronic offender jailed for latest Nanaimo crime spree
NANAIMO - A man's unresolved drug addiction continues plaguing him, the judicial system and society.Jason Paul Klughart, 30, was handed an eight month jail sentence on Wednesday, Sept. 29 after he ple...
Oct 01, 2021

Quebec watchdog probes fatal police shooting of man in Laurentians
SAINTE-ADLE, Que. - Quebec's police watchdog is probing the death of a man shot by provincial police in Ste-Adle, north of Montreal. According to preliminary information, provincial police were called...
Oct 01, 2021