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Quebec invests nearly $100 million to combat sexual exploitation of minors
MONTREAL - Quebec is investing nearly $100 million over five years to fight the sexual exploitation of minors. Public Security Minister Genevive Guilbault told reporters today $79.2 million will go to...
Jun 15, 2021
MLB threatens pitchers with 10-game bans for altering balls
NEW YORK (AP) - Pitchers will be ejected and suspended for 10 games for using illegal foreign substances to doctor baseballs in a crackdown by Major League Baseball that will start June 21. The commis...
Jun 15, 2021
US COVID-19 deaths hit 600,000, equal to yearly cancer toll
The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 topped 600,000 on Tuesday, even as the vaccination drive has drastically brought down daily cases and fatalities and allowed the country to emerge from the gloom and ...
Jun 15, 2021
New housing starts on the rise in Grande Prairie
Figures from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) shows new housing construction was up on a year-over-year basis last month.In May of 2021, there were 19 new single-detached home constr...
Jun 15, 2021
John Herdman says Canadian men's vision is clear on World Cup qualifying journey
John Herdman says his players have been focused on their task since he took over the Canadian men's program in January 2018. Their vision was clear in his first interviews with them. Leave a legacy. B...
Jun 15, 2021
Liberals table bill to protect French in sweeping update to Official Languages Act
OTTAWA - The Liberals are tabling legislation to beef up protection of French in Canada as part of the biggest overhaul to the Official Languages Act in more than three decades. Official Languages Min...
Jun 15, 2021
CFL to kick off 2021 regular-season schedule with Winnipeg-Hamilton Grey Cup rematch
TORONTO - The CFL has scheduled a Grey Cup rematch for its return. The CFL unveiled its 14-game regular season Tuesday, a day after the board of governors voted to resume play Aug., 5. The league didn...
Jun 15, 2021
Slovakia court tosses acquittals in reporter's slaying
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) - An appeals court in Slovakia has dismissed a lower court's acquittal of a businessman accused of masterminding the 2018 slayings of an investigative journalist and his fian...
Jun 15, 2021
Ethics commissioner finds former Liberal MP violated conflict of interest code
OTTAWA - Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion says former Liberal MP Yasmin Ratansi violated Parliament's conflict of interest code when she hired her sister in her constituency office. Dion says Ratansi co...
Jun 15, 2021
Commissioner says lobbying of federal departments, politicians hits record high
OTTAWA - The federal lobbying commissioner says government agencies and officials faced a record barrage of pitches in the last year from groups trying to shape the country's pandemic response. Today'...
Jun 15, 2021