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CP NewsAlert: Manitoba RCMP say homicide suspect Eric Wildman arrested in Ontario
Manitoba RCMP say a man wanted for murder in Manitoba has been arrested near Belleville, Ont. A statement from the RCMP says Eric Wildman was taken into custody by the Ontario Provincial Police early ...
Jun 18, 2021
EU envoy: Ethiopian leadership vowed to 'wipe out' Tigrayans
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Ethiopia's leaders in closed-door talks with a European Union special envoy earlier this year said "they are going to wipe out the Tigrayans for 100 years," the envoy said this w...
Jun 18, 2021
Israel to send 1M coronavirus vaccine doses to Palestinians
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel said Friday it will transfer around 1 million doses of soon-to-expire coronavirus vaccines to the Palestinian Authority in exchange for a similar number of doses the Palestinia...
Jun 18, 2021
Top brass accountability and preferred vaccines: In The News for June 18
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 18 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Jun 18, 2021
Cities should redo planning, permitting to align with housing strategy, minister says
OTTAWA - The federal minister in charge of affordable housing says he would like municipalities to reshape local rules to more quickly build units through the government's national housing strategy. S...
Jun 18, 2021
A look at COVID-19 reopening plans across the country
As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase and case numbers drop across the country, the provinces and territories have begun releasing the reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational faciliti...
Jun 18, 2021
NACI advice to mix vaccines gets varied reaction from AstraZeneca double-dosers
When Gwenny Farrell booked her second dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on the first day it became available, she said she believed she was doing the right thing. The resident of White R...
Jun 18, 2021
Canadian welterweight Rory (The Red King) MacDonald loses split decision at PFL 5
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Brazilian veteran Gleison Tibau upset Canadian welterweight Rory (Red King) MacDonald on Thursday night, winning a split decision at PFL 5. The judges scored it for 29-28, 28-29,...
Jun 17, 2021
Point scores again, Lightning beat Islanders 2-1 in Game 3
UNIONDALE, N.Y. - Brayden Point kept up his scoring touch with a tiebreaking goal late in the second period, Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 27 shots and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Islanders...
Jun 17, 2021
Bucks bounce back to defeat Nets 104-89 and force Game 7
MILWAUKEE - Khris Middleton scored 38 points, Giannis Antetokounmpo added 30 and the Milwaukee Bucks never trailed in a 104-89 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday night to force a decisive seve...
Jun 17, 2021