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Jury selection change preserved fairness of process, Supreme Court says
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says Parliament was entitled to abolish a long-standing jury selection procedure that some critics had denounced as discriminatory. The newly released reasons shed...
Jun 25, 2021
Canada Day should time a time of reflection after unmarked graves discovered: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says this Canada Day should be a time of reflection. His comments come the day after a First Nation in Saskatchewan announced ground-penetrating radar had detect...
Jun 25, 2021
CP NewsAlert: Religious group says it will release residential school records
The Catholic religious community that operated residential schools in Saskatchewan and British Columbia where hundreds of unmarked graves have been found says it will disclose all historical documents...
Jun 25, 2021
Chauvin could face decadeslong sentence in Floyd's death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin learns his sentence Friday for murder in George Floyd' s death, closing a chapter in a case that sparked global outrage and a reckoni...
Jun 25, 2021
AP source: Justice Department suing Georgia over voting laws
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department is suing Georgia over the state's voting laws, a person familiar with the matter said Friday. The announcement will be made later Friday by Attorney General Me...
Jun 25, 2021
Olympic high jump champion Derek Drouin withdraws from Tokyo trials
Derek Drouin knew he was in a race against the clock, and whatever the outcome, he said he'd be proud he'd made the effort. Canada's Olympic and world high jump champion has ended his quest to make th...
Jun 25, 2021
Montreal police make 15 arrests, eight police cars vandalized after Canadiens win
MONTREAL - Police say they made 15 arrests during a rowdy celebration after the Montreal Canadiens' series-clinching victory against the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday, which sent the team to the St...
Jun 25, 2021
Montreal police make 15 arrests, eight police cars vandalized after Canadiens win
MONTREAL - Police say they made 15 arrests during a rowdy celebration after the Montreal Canadiens' series-clinching victory against the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday, which sent the team to the St...
Jun 25, 2021
Moose Fest This Summer in Bellevue
Find Live Music in Bellevue August 7th at the Community Hall.Lineup: The Steadies (with frontman Earl Pereira, previously with Wide Mouth Mason), League of Wolves (with lead guitarist Leot Hanson, pre...
Jun 25, 2021
Two more extreme right-wing groups join Proud Boys on Canada's terror list
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is adding two more extreme right-wing groups and an American neo-Nazi to its list of terrorist entities as it tries to counter the rise white nationalist violence. Publ...
Jun 25, 2021