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Shopping cart policy, arenas, and gender equity on Monday agenda
One of the things council will discuss at Monday's meeting is a proposal by Councillor Charlene Miller to have city staff store stray shopping carts so businesses have a place to pick them up. Miller'...
Sep 26, 2022

Kentucky man who shot classmates in '97 imprisoned for life
A Kentucky man who killed three fellow students and wounded five others when he was 14 years old will have to spend the rest of his life in prison without another opportunity to seek parole, the Kentu...
Sep 26, 2022

Australia hands Canada its first loss at FIBA World Cup
SYDNEY, Australia - Host Australia handed Canada's women's basketball team its first lost at the FIBA World Cup on Monday. Ezi Magbegor scored 16 points as the Aussies topped Canada 75-72 Nirra Fields...
Sep 26, 2022

13 dead, 23 wounded in school shooting in Russia
MOSCOW (AP) - A gunman opened fire in a school in central Russia on Monday, killing 13 people and wounding 23 others before shooting himself dead, authorities said. The shooting took place in School N...
Sep 26, 2022

Egyptian cleric revered by Muslim Brotherhood dies at 96
DOHA, Qatar (AP) - Youssef al-Qaradawi, an Egyptian cleric who was seen as the spiritual leader of the pan-Arab Muslim Brotherhood, died Monday at the age of 96, according to his official website. He ...
Sep 26, 2022

COVID travel restrictions announcement, Fiona's aftermath : In The News for Sept. 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 Sept. 26 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Sep 26, 2022

Quebec votes: CAQ, PQ leaders head to Fiona-battered Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Two of Quebec's main party leaders are heading to the les-de-la-Madeleine region, which is in cleanup mode after a battering from post-tropical storm Fiona. Parti Qubcois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamond...
Sep 26, 2022

Joly to raise abortion, sexual violence in closing UN speech
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly is urging countries to uphold women's rights and abortion access while rooting out sexual violence, as the United Nations General Assembly comes to a clos...
Sep 26, 2022

Military en route to assist with recovery efforts
Residents of Atlantic Canada and eastern Quebec are coming to terms with the full scope of the damage left behind after post-tropical storm Fiona tore through the region over the weekend as one of the...
Sep 26, 2022

Feds to lift border vaccine mandates, mandatory use of ArriveCan
OTTAWA - The federal government is expected to officially announce the end of COVID-19 border restrictions today, including mandatory vaccinations, testing and quarantine of international travellers. ...
Sep 26, 2022