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Texas top cop: Uvalde police response an 'abject failure'
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Law enforcement authorities had enough officers on the scene of the Uvalde school massacre to have stopped the gunman three minutes after he entered the building, the Texas public...
Jun 21, 2022

Watchdog clears Vancouver police for less-lethal rounds at 'Freedom Convoy' protest
OTTAWA - The Ontario police watchdog says two Vancouver police officers did not commit a criminal offence by shooting less-lethal rounds at two protesters during the "Freedom Convoy"' demonstration in...
Jun 21, 2022

June 21 National Indigenous Peoples Day Celebrations
There are many Natiional Indigenous Peoples Day celebrations today.See posters below.
Jun 21, 2022

Canadian sprint star Andre De Grasse withdraws from national championship with COVID
Sprint star Andre De Grasse will miss the Canadian track and field championships this week after testing positive for COVID-19. The six-time Olympic medallist was rounding into form, winning the 100 m...
Jun 21, 2022

Homeowners challenged with high cost of local improvements
The Town of Battleford received another petition from residents opposed to the high cost for possible infrastructure work. Homeowners Colleen Blais and Jim Ramsay spoke to council as a delegation on b...
Jun 21, 2022

Montreal, Toronto tangle in Canadian Championship semifinal
TORONTO - The semifinals of the Canadian Championship have once again pitted the two biggest soccer clubs in the country against one another in what is affectionately known as the Canadian Classique. ...
Jun 21, 2022

Earl and Countess of Wessex to underscore UK-Cyprus ties
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - The Earl and Countess of Wessex met Tuesday with the president of Cyprus as part of a three-day visit to the former British colony to underscore close bilateral ties and to meet...
Jun 21, 2022

UK rail strike strands commuters, pits workers against govt
LONDON (AP) - Tens of thousands of railway workers walked off the job in Britain on Tuesday, bringing the train network to a crawl in the country's biggest transit strike for three decades. About 40,0...
Jun 21, 2022

National Indigenous Peoples Day, drug decriminalization : In The News for June 21
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 June 21 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Jun 21, 2022

Experts explain why Ottawa is being asked to decriminalize small amounts of drugs
OTTAWA - Last month, British Columbia became the first jurisdiction in Canada to make changes to ensure drug users will not be arrested or charged for carrying up to 2.5 grams of illicit drugs as of n...
Jun 21, 2022