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Muslim, civil liberties groups challenge Quebec school prayer room ban in court
MONTREAL - A civil rights organization and a national Muslim advocacy group are the latest to launch a legal challenge of Quebec's decree banning prayer rooms in public schools. The National Council o...
May 26, 2023

Rain, cooler temperatures offering some relief in wildfire fight
While the weather this week might have put a damper on summer temperatures, it also has put a damper on wildfires in Saskatchewan.During Friday's provincial wildfire update from the Saskatchewan Publi...
May 26, 2023

New system will bring families of immigrants to Canada faster: Fraser
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says the government is using a new system to bring spouses, children and parents of recent immigrants to Canada more quickly. Family members who want to move ...
May 26, 2023

Americans should be exempt from Canada's foreign housing tax, members of Congress say
WASHINGTON - A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is urging the State Department to ask that Americans be exempted from Canada's tax on foreign property owners. The group has written to Secretary of S...
May 26, 2023

GOP-led Texas House to vote Saturday on possible impeachment of state Attorney General Ken Paxton
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas House of Representatives will vote Saturday on whether to impeach state Attorney General Ken Paxton, an investigating panel announced Friday. The House will consider a r...
May 26, 2023

Aide: North Dakota Gov. Burgum running for GOP presidential nomination
Two-term North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, a former computer software entrepreneur, is running for the Republican presidential nomination, a political aide familiar with the plans told The Associated Pre...
May 26, 2023

Auger-Aliassime, Andreescu lead Canadian singles hopes at French Open
The Canadian tennis scene reached new heights in recent years thanks to a young core of domestic talent that broke through on the sport's biggest stages. A cooling-off period appears to have settled i...
May 26, 2023

Canadian Derk Gee finishes second for fourth time at Giro d;italia
TRE CIME DI LAVAREDO, Italy - Canadian Derek Gee recorded his fourth second-place finish at the Giro d'Italia on Friday, finishing behind Colombian Santiago Buitrago in a gruelling Stage 19. Buitrago ...
May 26, 2023

Disgruntled Italian Federico Bernardeschi benched for TFC game against D.C. United
TORONTO - Disgruntled Italian star Federico Bernardeschi has been benched for Toronto FC's game Saturday against D.C. United. Coach Bob Bradley said Bernardeschi is being held out in what he called a ...
May 26, 2023

Iowa law limits gender identity instruction, removes books depicting sex acts from school libraries
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa teachers will be banned from raising gender identity and sexual orientation issues with students through grade six, and all books depicting sex acts will be removed from s...
May 26, 2023