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Trudeau can check out of quarantine hotel after overnight stay from Europe trip
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is being allowed to check out from his quarantine hotel roughly 12 hours after checking in. Trudeau's office says he received his negative COVID-19 test Wednesda...
Jun 16, 2021
Coalition Avenir Québec boots Claire Samson from caucus over donation to rival party
QUEBEC - The governing Coalition Avenir Qubec has dumped one of its members over a political donation she made to a rival party. The party led by Premier Franois Legault announced late Tuesday it had ...
Jun 16, 2021
Mounties sent to apprehend active shooter in Nova Scotia were confused about gunfire
HALIFAX - A newly released statement from a senior Mountie in Nova Scotia says RCMP officers dispatched to apprehend an active shooter in Portapique last spring thought they were hearing gunshots long...
Jun 16, 2021
Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime upsets Roger Federer in second round of Noventi Open
HALLE, Germany - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Swiss star Roger Federer 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 in the second round of the Noventi Open on Wednesday. It was the first career meeting between the 20-year-ol...
Jun 16, 2021
Green Leader Annamie Paul survives planned ouster, but post remains precarious
OTTAWA - Green Leader Annamie Paul has survived another day of party strife after a move to push her out shifted course, leaving her with a tenuous grip on power ahead of a likely federal election thi...
Jun 16, 2021
Multiple tornadoes touch down in night of severe weather in Sask
At least three tornadoes touched down Tuesday evening in central-west Saskatchewan.That's according to Environment Canada meteorologist, Dan Fulton, who says a night of thunderstorms, hail and viscous...
Jun 16, 2021
'Appropriate': Ottawa to review new steelmaking coal projects over selenium concerns
The federal government will step in to conduct an environmental review of any new coal project that could possibly release the contaminant selenium. The decision, announced Wednesday, will capture any...
Jun 16, 2021
Face to face: Biden, Putin meet for long-anticipated summit
GENEVA (AP) - U.S. President Joe Biden and Russia's Vladimir Putin have arrived on Wednesday at the lush lakeside Swiss mansion for their highly anticipated summit, a moment of consequential diplomacy...
Jun 16, 2021
The Latest: Biden and Putin open summit with a handshake
GENEVA (AP) - GENEVA - President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin are starting their diplomatic talks in Geneva. The two were first greeted by the Swiss president before sitting down for...
Jun 16, 2021
Malaysia court rules against coroner verdict in teen's death
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - A Malaysian High Court found Wednesday that a coroner erred in ruling that the death of a French-Irish teenager whose body was found near a jungle resort was likely due t...
Jun 16, 2021