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Group says Medicine Hat has ended chronic homelessness, as cities eye same nationwide
OTTAWA - An Alberta city has become the first in the country to have ended chronic homelessness, just as municipal leaders push the federal government to help do the same countrywide. Medicine Hat fir...
Jun 02, 2021

U.N. seeks full probe into death of Indigenous students at residential schools
The United Nations Human Rights Office is calling on all levels of Canadian governments to investigate the deaths of Indigenous children at residential schools and to intensity efforts to find those w...
Jun 02, 2021

2 charged in Miami Beach; no arrests in other shootings
MIAMI (AP) - Police have charged two suspects with attempted murder in a shooting that wounded two people on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach, but suspects remained elusive Wednesday in two other attacks th...
Jun 02, 2021

Canada doubles dollars to COVAX, but no sign of donating doses yet
OTTAWA - International Development Minister Karina Gould says Canada is doubling its dollar commitment to the global vaccine-sharing alliance known as COVAX, but isn't yet committing to a specific don...
Jun 02, 2021

'We weep for our children' : PAGC wants Feds to compensate Timber Bay School survivors
The Grand Chief of the Prince Albert Grand Council says the horrific discovery in B.C. last week, shows there can be no rest until the search for the children who never came home from residential scho...
Jun 02, 2021

Veteran politician Herzog elected president of Israel
JERUSALEM (AP) - Isaac Herzog, a veteran politician and the scion of a prominent Israeli family, has been elected president, a largely ceremonial role. An anonymous vote was held Tuesday among the 120...
Jun 02, 2021

Leibovitz photo fronts memoir by business leader Indra Nooyi
NEW YORK (AP) - After decades of photographing rock stars, movie stars and heads of state, Annie Leibovitz has added a business leader to her portfolio: Former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi. Leibovitz's sho...
Jun 02, 2021

Jordan refers 2 to security court over alleged foreign plot
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Jordan has referred the cases of two former senior officials accused of taking part in a foreign plot linked to the half-brother of King Abdullah II to a national security court, ...
Jun 02, 2021

Business wants more pandemic help; vaccine advice takes shape: In The News for June 2
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 June 2... What we are watching in Canada ... H...
Jun 02, 2021

Federal prison service improperly listened to inmate calls with lawyers: auditors
OTTAWA - An internal audit found that federal prison staff improperly intercepted communication between an inmate and their lawyer in 10 per cent of cases reviewed, amounting to possible breaches of s...
Jun 02, 2021