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Frey wins 2nd term as Minneapolis mayor after bitter race
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey was reelected to a second term, surviving a bitter challenge in a race that focused on calls for changes to policing and racial justice, elections offic...
Nov 03, 2021

Officials tell AP that Iran seized Vietnamese oil tanker
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran seized a Vietnamese-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman last month and still holds the vessel, two U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday, rev...
Nov 03, 2021

North Stars name McNinch captain, identify leadership core
Tuesday night was a milestone evening for the Battlefords North Stars, as the team revealed their leadership group for the remainder of the 2021-22 hockey season.Third-year forward, Ryland McNinch wil...
Nov 03, 2021

Bank of Canada plans to keep eye on climate change impact on inflation
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada says it plans to more closely monitor how increasingly frequent and severe weather events could impact the prices consumers pay for goods as part of its mandate to keep inf...
Nov 03, 2021

Alberta, with largest oil industry, sends fewer to COP than any other energy province
EDMONTON - The province with Canada's largest oil and gas industry has sent one of the country's smallest delegations to the international climate conference, where emissions from that industry are un...
Nov 03, 2021

Mayor of Williams Lake, B.C., apologizes for residential school repost
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The mayor of Williams Lake, B.C., has apologized for reposting a social media comment that suggested there are "two sides" to the history of residential schools. Walt Cobb made t...
Nov 03, 2021

Penguins star Crosby, defenseman Dumoulin on COVID-19 list
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Penguins placed star center Sidney Crosby and defenseman Brian Dumoulin in the COVID-19 protocol on Wednesday after both tested positive. Coach Mike Sullivan said Cros...
Nov 03, 2021

NDP says scrap Commons' gender-based dress rules, including jackets and ties for men
OTTAWA - MPs are calling for the House of Commons' "archaic" dress code - which requires men to wear a jacket and tie to speak in the chamber - to be scrapped. NDP MPs want the traditional rules on de...
Nov 03, 2021

Voters reelect Black Iowa mayor targeted by pro-police group
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Voters in Iowa's eighth-largest city, Waterloo, reelected the city's first Black mayor and chose three Black candidates for City Council, which will have its Black majority for ...
Nov 03, 2021

Wage increases planned for child-care workers in Saskatchewan
Early childhood educators (ECE) in Saskatchewan are getting a raise.The governments of Canada and Saskatchewan announced Wednesday they're giving qualified child-care workers a wage increase of up to ...
Nov 03, 2021