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Report: Russia starts pulling diplomatic staff from Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia's state Tass news agency reported Wednesday that Russia has started evacuating personnel from all of its diplomatic facilities in Ukraine. Moscow has an embassy in Kyiv and...
Feb 23, 2022
Canadian troop boost for Latvia and Alberta spawning unrest: In The News for Feb. 23
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 Feb. 23, 2022. What we are watching in Canada ...
Feb 23, 2022
Look West: Criminal anthropologist says Alberta at heart of unrest, protests
CALGARY - A criminal anthropologist suggests looking to the West to find the heart of protests and blockades that gripped the nation for more than a month. Alberta appears to have been the epicentre o...
Feb 23, 2022
Blue Jackets top Toronto 4-3 on Laine OT goal
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Patrik Laine scored his second goal of the game 20 seconds into overtime to lift Columbus to a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night, the Blue Jackets' third ...
Feb 22, 2022
Josh Hamilton pleads to misdemeanor in daughter-assault case
One-time Texas Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton pleaded guilty Tuesday to a misdemeanor in a case arising from an altercation with his teenage daughter, officials said. Hamilton, 40, pleaded guilty in Fo...
Feb 22, 2022
Emergencies Act committee members will take oath of secrecy: government Senate rep
OTTAWA - Members of a parliamentary committee set up to scrutinize the Emergencies Act will have to take an oath of secrecy, but will not be given access to highly classified material, says the govern...
Feb 22, 2022
Josh Hamilton pleads to misdemeanor in daughter-assault case
One-time Texas Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton pleaded guilty Tuesday to a misdemeanor in a case arising from an altercation with his teenage daughter, officials said. Hamilton, 40, pleaded guilty in Fo...
Feb 22, 2022
Pentagon expected to OK National Guard for DC truck convoys
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon is expected to approve the deployment of 700 to 800 unarmed National Guard troops to the nation's capital, a U.S. official said Tuesday, in the face of trucker convoys t...
Feb 22, 2022
Canadian Challenge begins in Elk Ridge with mushers on their way to La Ronge
One hundred dogs and 10 mushers left Elk Ridge on Tuesday at noon and will be arriving in La Ronge tomorrow. It's all part of the 25th annual Canadian Challenge Sled Dog Race, which occurs this week a...
Feb 22, 2022
Emergencies Act committee members will take oath of secrecy: government Senate rep
OTTAWA - Members of a parliamentary committee set up to scrutinize the Emergencies Act will have to take an oath of secrecy, but will not be given access to highly classified material, says the govern...
Feb 22, 2022