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Canadian liquor stores pull Russian products amid conflict in Ukraine
TORONTO — Crown liquor stores in several Canadian provinces were pulling Russian products from their shelves Friday in light of Russia's invasion of neighbouring Ukraine. In Ontario, Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy said he was directing the Liquor...
Canada sanctions Putin, but Ukraine calls for no-fly zone against Russian bombardment
OTTAWA — As the Trudeau government trumpeted new sanctions against Russia's Vladimir Putin, desperate pleas from Ukrainian lawmakers for a no-fly zone to protect their civilians from Russian bombs went unanswered Friday by Canada and its NATO allies. P...
Report: Feds should create guidelines on less-lethal weapons
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government should study how police use less-lethal weapons, like tear gas and bean-bag guns, and offer guidance to law enforcement agencies across the U.S. because officers are often left with little information beyond the...
EXPLAINER: What does Ukraine invasion mean for energy bills?
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Even as gunfire sounded in Ukraine's capital, natural gas kept flowing normally Friday through the major pipelines from Russia to Europe. But the invasion and accompanying sanctions are casting a shadow over longstanding energ...
Federal government posts $70.1B deficit for April-to-December period
OTTAWA — The federal government posted a budgetary deficit of $70.1 billion for the April-to-December period of its 2021-22 fiscal year. In its monthly fiscal monitor report, the Finance Department says the result compared with a deficit of $248.2 bill...
‘Robert E. Lee is not a war,’ SC city argues to move marker
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A marker honoring a Confederate general is not protected from removal under South Carolina law because the way the 2000 act was written only protects monuments to specific wars and “Robert E. Lee is not
Documents show Trudeau warned of issued linked to ‘build back better’ pledge
OTTAWA — Newly released documents show Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was given warnings about the complexity of plans to "build back better" from the pandemic that could lead to economic uncertainty. The idea of strengthening economic shortfalls uneart...
Ukrainians flee war, seeking safety across western borders
PRZEMYSL, Poland (AP) — Tens of thousands of Ukrainians have crossed into neighboring countries to the west in search of safety as Russia pounded their capital and other cities with airstrikes for a second day.
Thai and Malaysia leaders discuss insurgency, Myanmar crisis
BANGKOK (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob met with his Thai counterpart Prayuth Chan-ocha on Friday in the first official visit of a foreign leader to Thailand since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
Inhofe’s resignation shakes up GOP politics in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The decision by Oklahoma's senior U.S. senator, Jim Inhofe, to step down from the seat he's held for decades is expected to trigger a flurry of political hopefuls jumping into the race to succeed him.
