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Ontario woman who was known as 'napalm girl' helping Ukrainians settle in Canada
Tears streamed down Kim Phuc Phan Thi's face as she stood at the entrance to a plane set to carry Ukrainian newcomers from Poland to Canada last month. The aircraft was emblazoned with a famous black ...
Aug 03, 2022
'A wake-up call': Online crimes see stark increase during COVID-19 pandemic
WINNIPEG - New statistics show that police-reported extortion cases in Canada rose by nearly 300 per cent in the last decade, as the crime swelled online during the COVID-19 pandemic. "These concernin...
Aug 03, 2022
Foreign Minister Joly to meet German counterpart in Montreal amid Russia tensions
MONTREAL - Canada's foreign affairs minister is to hold a public event in Montreal today with her German counterpart, following Canada's controversial decision to send parts of a Russian natural gas p...
Aug 03, 2022
Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers loses state Senate bid
PHOENIX (AP) - Republican Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers has lost his bid for a state Senate seat after refusing former President Donald Trump's pleas to help overturn the 2020 election results an...
Aug 03, 2022
Trump loyalist wins GOP nod to oversee Arizona elections
PHOENIX (AP) - An Arizona lawmaker who embraces election conspiracies and was endorsed by former President Donald Trump has won the Republican primary for the top elections post in the presidential ba...
Aug 03, 2022
Atlanta's image challenged by facts of 1906 race massacre
ATLANTA (AP) - Everyone who moves through downtown Atlanta today passes places where innocent Black men and women were pulled from trolleys, shot in their workplaces, chased through the streets and be...
Aug 03, 2022
Jonathan Nez, Buu Nygren advance in Navajo presidential race
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - Voters on the vast Navajo Nation have advanced tribal presidential candidates Jonathan Nez and Buu Nygren to the general election in November. Voters narrowed the list of 15 ca...
Aug 03, 2022
Kansas GOP nominates Kobach for AG, advancing comeback bid
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Republicans on Tuesday nominated Kris Kobach for Kansas attorney general, keeping alive the polarizing conservative's bid for a political comeback following his losses in a governo...
Aug 02, 2022
Mangiapane nets 3-year deal, $17.4 million from Flames, avoids salary arbitration
CALGARY - Andrew Mangiapane of the Calgary Flames was rewarded on Monday for setting career highs in goals, assists and points this past season. The Flames signed the 26-year-old forward to a three-ye...
Aug 02, 2022
Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib wins Democratic primary race
NEW YORK (AP) - Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Michigan Democrat and member of the progressive Squad in Congress, sailed through a primary election Tuesday. Her win came as three Republican U.S. House members ...
Aug 02, 2022