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A pre-Super Bowl poll found that a little over half (52%) of Canadians planned to tune into the game on Sunday. According to ...
Stony Mountain Institution visitor charged for drug trafficking
Stonewall RCMP responded to a report regarding a visitor passing drugs to an inmate at the Stony Mountain Institution.
Member of Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show won't face charges for flag protest
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The cast member who displayed the Palestinian flag with the word “GAZA” in protest during Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show will not face charges, New Orleans police said ...
UN suspends its humanitarian work in Houthi rebels' stronghold in Yemen after more staff abductions
CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations said Monday it has suspended its humanitarian operations in the stronghold of Yemen’s Houthi rebels after they detained eight more U.N. staffers, affecting the response ...
City and feds invest $58.5M towards 2,500 new homes in Winnipeg
On Monday, the city of Winnipeg and the federal government announced a combined investment of $58.5 million from the Housing Accelerator Fund program and the Affordable Housing Now program. According ...
Colombia's interior minister resigns as cracks deepen in President Petro's coalition
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian Interior Minister Juan Fernando Cristo resigned on Monday as a political crisis shook the government of President Gustavo Petro, following his decision to appoint a ...
Head of the agency that protects whistleblowers sues Trump, saying his firing was illegal
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Office of Special Counsel, a federal agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers, sued President Donald Trump on Monday, saying he was illegally fired as part of ...
NYPD apologizes for mistakenly accusing 15-year-old of mass shooting at Brooklyn parade
In a statement sent to news outlets Sunday, the NYPD said an image it circulated on social media of Camden Lee, a 15-year-old Brooklyn resident, “mistakenly stated that he was wanted for the fatal ...
Bosnian students rally for justice, drawing inspiration from anti-graft struggle in Serbia
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Students rallied in Bosnia on Monday to demand accountability for deadly floods last year in a protest inspired by massive anti-corruption gatherings by fellow ...
Former Buckeyes football coach Jim Tressel nominated as Ohio's lieutenant governor
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Monday nominated former Ohio State Buckeyes football coach Jim Tressel to be the state’s next lieutenant governor. Tressel retired a year and a half ago ...
Space telescope spots rare 'Einstein ring' of light around galaxy in our cosmic neighborhood
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Europe’s Euclid space telescope has detected a rare halo of bright light around a nearby galaxy, astronomers reported Monday. The halo, known as an Einstein ring, encircles ...
McDonald's improving global sales help to offset US weakness in fourth quarter
Improving international sales helped McDonald’s overcome some weakness at home in the fourth quarter, but the company said it expects U.S. sales to pick up later this year. McDonald’s said its sales ...