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'Get a hobby,' B.C. premier tells those considering protesting COVID-19 mandates
VICTORIA - A protest planned for around the British Columbia legislature over COVID-19 mandates has drawn sharp criticism from the province's premier. Video posted on social media says a convoy of veh...
Mar 11, 2022
Cyberspace making Canadian secrets more vulnerable, spy service official warns
OTTAWA - A senior official at Canada's spy service says the expansion of cyberspace is making it easier for foreign adversaries to pilfer secrets. Cherie Henderson, an interim assistant director with ...
Mar 11, 2022
Texas clinics’ lawsuit over abortion ban ‘effectively over’
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas abortion providers on Friday conceded a final blow to their best hope of stopping the nation's most restrictive abortion law after a new ruling ended what little path forwar...
Mar 11, 2022
Famed Ernest Tubb Record Shop in Nashville up for sale
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The downtown Nashville, Tennessee record store that was opened by Opry legend Ernest Tubb in 1947 and has been a landmark in country music for decades will close as the buildin...
Mar 11, 2022
Moe apologizes for ‘two classes of citizen’ remark
Premier Scott Moe explicitly apologized Thursday for comments he made more than a month ago on the vaccine passport policy - comments that some were offended by.On the day he announced the proof of va...
Mar 11, 2022
No victims, no foul: Alberta premier files defence in defamation suit
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has filed his defence in a defamation lawsuit brought against him over his remarks on the release of the Inquiry into supposed misinformation about the province...
Mar 11, 2022
Russians targeting Ukrainian food supply, including grain silos and ports: minister
OTTAWA - Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says Russian forces are targeting Ukrainians' food supply, including their stores of grain. Bibeau, who today attended an emergency meeting of G7 agri...
Mar 11, 2022
Man behind 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia came from dysfunctional family: uncle
HALIFAX - A close relative of the man who disguised himself as a Mountie and fatally shot 22 people in Nova Scotia says the killer was a lifelong scammer and opportunist raised in a deeply dysfunction...
Mar 11, 2022
Vlad Guerrero Jr., Bo Bichette among players to report to Blue Jays spring training
The Toronto Blue Jays are finally back at spring training. Stars Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette were among the players who reported to Toronto's training camp this morning. The players got to w...
Mar 11, 2022
Head coach Bob Bradley already making his presence felt at Toronto FC
While Toronto has yet to record a win in its first two games under Bob Bradley, the veteran coach is already making a difference. Players say Bradley challenges them to think more about their actions ...
Mar 11, 2022