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Feds announce $1 million fund to reach communities affected by monkeypox
OTTAWA - The federal government plans to give $1 million to community organizations across the country to provide gay and bisexual men with information about monkeypox and combat stigma around the dis...
Jul 21, 2022
Trudeau: Hockey Canada needs a 'real reckoning' in wake of scandal
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there needs to be a "real reckoning" at Hockey Canada as the organization continues to deal with the fallout related to its handling of an alleged sexual assault and...
Jul 21, 2022
West Germany soccer great Uwe Seeler dies at 85
BERLIN (AP) - Uwe Seeler, who led West Germany to the 1966 World Cup final as captain of the national team, has died. He was 85. Regarded as one of Germany's best-ever players, Seeler was famous for h...
Jul 21, 2022
House OKs bill to protect contraception from Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) - The right to use contraceptives would be inscribed into law under a measure that Democrats pushed through the House on Thursday, their latest campaign-season response to concerns a c...
Jul 21, 2022
Trudeau: Hockey Canada needs a 'real reckoning' in wake of scandal
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there needs to be a "real reckoning" at Hockey Canada as the organization continues to deal with the fallout related to its handling of an alleged sexual assault and...
Jul 21, 2022
Ex-cop Lane gets 2 1/2 years on Floyd killing federal charge
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Former Minneapolis police Officer Thomas Lane has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison on a federal civil rights charge for his role in the killing of George Floyd. U.S. Dist...
Jul 21, 2022
Tories, advocates call on Ottawa to remove bureaucratic hurdles to resettling Afghans
OTTAWA - Opposition Conservatives are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government to extend a special immigration program it set up to bring Afghans trying to flee the Taliban to Canada. Tor...
Jul 21, 2022
Biden scraps announcing crime plan after positive COVID test
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden abruptly canceled a trip to Pennsylvania, where he had planned to propose a steep funding increase for police on Thursday, after testing positive for COVID-19. Th...
Jul 21, 2022
Maud Charron, Josh Cassidy named Canada's flag-bearers for Commonwealth Games
OTTAWA - Weightlifter Maude Charron and wheelchair racer Josh Cassidy have been named Canada's flag-bearers for the opening ceremony of the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. Charron,...
Jul 21, 2022
Biden tests positive for COVID-19, has 'mild symptoms'
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, underscoring the persistence of the highly contagious virus as new variants challenge the nation's efforts to resume nor...
Jul 21, 2022