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Jones posts 8-3 victory over Koana at Grand Slam of Curling's Masters event
OAKVILLE, Ont. - Canada's Jennifer Jones avoided elimination at the Masters on Friday morning with an 8-3 victory over Japan's Tori Koana at the Sixteen Mile Sports Centre. It was the second straight ...
Oct 22, 2021

Green Party to drop legal action against Annamie Paul as discussions drag on
OTTAWA - Green Party executives are planning to drop a legal challenge against their leader that brought tensions between senior officials and Annamie Paul to a boil last summer. Two senior party memb...
Oct 22, 2021

Human rights adjudicator can't decide workplace discrimination complaint: top court
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a labour arbitrator - not a human rights adjudicator - should weigh a complaint from a unionized Manitoba health-care aide who alleged discrimination by her e...
Oct 22, 2021

Line 5 dispute 'directly and significantly' impacting Canada-U.S. relations: Enbridge
WASHINGTON - Lawyers for Enbridge Inc. are asking a judge in Michigan to consider the bilateral implications of the state's bid to shut down the Line 5 cross-border pipeline. Newly filed court documen...
Oct 22, 2021

Robert Durst charged with 1982 murder of wife Kathie Durst
NEW YORK (AP) - Millionaire real estate scion Robert Durst has been charged in suburban New York City with the death of his former wife, Kathie Durst, who vanished in 1982, authorities confirmed Frida...
Oct 22, 2021

Prosecutors seek fine for Benzema in French blackmail trial
VERSAILLES, France (AP) - A French court trying an alleged blackmail case involving Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema and four other defendants will render its verdict on Nov. 24. Benzema, who denies ...
Oct 22, 2021

Ethiopian airstrikes in Tigray force UN flight to turn back
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Ethiopian military airstrikes on Friday forced a United Nations humanitarian flight to abandon its landing in the capital of the country's Tigray region, several aid workers said...
Oct 22, 2021

RCMP Report: Vehicle theft thwarted, attempted business B&E’s
An attempt to steal a vehicle from a rural residence near North Battleford was stymied by Battlefords RCMP, who arrested three suspects.The incident took place shortly after 10 p.m. on Oct. 15, where ...
Oct 22, 2021

Queen Elizabeth II back at castle following hospital visit
LONDON (AP) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II was back at Windsor Castle on Friday and in good spirits after revelations that she spent the night in a London hospital earlier this week. Buckingham Palace...
Oct 22, 2021

Reshaping COVID benefits, Rogers rumble and film set tragedy: In The News for Oct. 22
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 Oct. 22 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Oct 22, 2021