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Trial of Quebec City Halloween sword attack suspect delayed for second time by COVID
QUEBEC - The first-degree murder trial of the man accused in the Quebec City Halloween 2020 sword attack has been delayed for a second time by COVID-19. Quebec Superior Court Justice Richard Grenier a...
Apr 26, 2022

Live updates | Russian forces hit key bridge in Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian officials say the Russian military has hit a strategic bridge linking the southern Odesa region with neighboring Romania. Oleksandr Kamyshin, the head of the state-run Ukrain...
Apr 26, 2022

Carbon-pricing too hard on Indigenous groups, small biz, too weak on industry: audit
OTTAWA - Canada's environment commissioner says the national carbon-pricing system is disproportionately hard on Indigenous communities and small businesses and not tough enough on the biggest emitter...
Apr 26, 2022

NB RCMP report shows increase in robberies, vehicle thefts
The Battlefords RCMP are reporting a number of increases in the January to March quarterly crime stats for the city. Staff Sgt. Jason Teniuk presented the report at this week's North Battleford city c...
Apr 26, 2022

Toronto FC teenager Jayden Nelson gives back to his Brampton elementary school
BRAMPTON, Ont. - Once a Coyote, always a Coyote. Toronto FC teenage midfielder Jayden Nelson lived up to that credo this week when he returned to Copeland Public School to fund a snacks programs for i...
Apr 26, 2022

Suicide blast in southern Pakistan kills 3 Chinese, driver
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - An explosion ripped through a van inside a university campus in southern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing three Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver, officials said. A sep...
Apr 26, 2022

Biden pardons former Secret Service agent and 2 others
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden has granted the first three pardons of his term, providing clemency to a Kennedy-era Secret Service agent convicted of bribery for trying to sell a copy of an age...
Apr 26, 2022

Charest climate plan, Canada's role in Musk's Twitter bid : In The News for April 26
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 April 26 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Apr 26, 2022

Jean Charest's climate plan: no to consumer carbon price, current emissions target
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Jean Charest is promising to repeal the Liberal government's consumer carbon price and eliminate the federal portion of the HST on low-carbon purchases. He a...
Apr 26, 2022

Top Russian diplomat warns Ukraine against provoking WWIII
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia's top diplomat warned Ukraine against provoking World War III and said the threat of a nuclear conflict "should not be underestimated" as his country unleashed attacks agai...
Apr 25, 2022