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Bill Clinton in hospital for non-COVID-related infection
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton is in a hospital in California being treated for a non-COVID-related infection, a spokesman said Thursday night. Spokesman Angel Urea said Clinton was a...
Oct 14, 2021

Court again lets Texas continue banning most abortions
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A federal appeals court is once again allowing Texas to continue banning most abortions. The decision Thursday night keeps the law known as Senate Bill 8 in place as the Justice D...
Oct 14, 2021

Sask. vaccination rates ‘skewed’ by former residents inoculated elsewhere, Merriman says
Health Minister Paul Merriman believes the province's vaccination rates are being underestimated because of Saskatchewan expatriates who have been inoculated against COVID-19 elsewhere."We have a whol...
Oct 14, 2021

US to restore full pension of FBI official fired under Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe has won back his full pension as part of a settlement of his lawsuit arising from his firing during the Trump administration more than three ...
Oct 14, 2021

CP NewsAlert: Top doctor brings in more rules for northern B.C. as COVID spreads
VICTORIA - British Columbia's provincial health officer has announced new restrictions for the northern health region in an attempt to stop the rapid spread of COVID-19 through those who are unvaccina...
Oct 14, 2021

Priestman looks to turn her Olympic champion team into a perennial contender
One day after the Canadian men turned heads with an impressive 4-1 World Cup qualifying win over Panama, Canada women's coach Bev Priestman talked of turning her Olympic champion team into a perennial...
Oct 14, 2021

Durst faces day of reckoning in murder of best friend
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The bitterly fought murder trial of Robert Durst stretched over the better part of two years. His sentencing will be comparatively brief and could lack the fireworks that erupted be...
Oct 14, 2021

Canada's Kadeisha Buchanan scores twice in Lyon's Champions League Group D win
DCINES-CHARPIEU, France - Canadian defender Kadeisha Buchanan scored twice Thursday in Lyon's 5-0 win over Portugal's Benfica in UEFA Women's Champions League Group D play Thursday. The 25-year-old fr...
Oct 14, 2021

Oatmeal, protein and rest are key for Canadian 80-and-over Boston Marathon champion
When Canada's Keijo Taivassalo was about 100 metres from the Boston Marathon finish line earlier this week, he noticed a runner with grey hair ahead of him. Taivassalo thought it was possible the man ...
Oct 14, 2021

Canada says spitting incident triggered bad blood in World Cup win over Panama
TORONTO - The melee after the final whistle of Canada's 4-1 win over Panama on Wednesday was apparently triggered by a spitting incident. A Canada Soccer spokesman confirmed Thursday that Canadian win...
Oct 14, 2021