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Foreign affairs minister urges Canadians to leave Florida ahead of devastating storm
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canadians in Florida should leave and people planning to travel there should postpone as the state braces for the impact of Hurricane Milton. The sto...
Oct 9, 2024
Ottawa Redblacks sign American quarterback Tyrie Adams to contract extension
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks signed American quarterback Tyrie Adams to a one-year contract extension Wednesday. Adams, 27, hasn't thrown a pass in 2024 after suffering a season-ending knee injury in...
Oct 9, 2024
Official languages report questions enrolment cap on Quebec English junior colleges
OTTAWA - Canada's official languages commissioner is expressing concern over Quebec's decision to cap the number of students who can enrol in the province's English-language junior colleges. Raymond T...
Oct 9, 2024
Quebec puts youth protection office branch under trusteeship after shocking report
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has put a branch of the province's youth protection office under trusteeship following a report that alleges the rights of dozens of children have been violated. La Pr...
Oct 9, 2024
Rents rise 2.1% in September, marking fifth straight monthly slowdown: report
TORONTO - A new report says growth in average asking rents across Canada last month slowed to the lowest rate since October 2021, at 2.1 per cent year-over-year. The report from Rentals.ca and Urbanat...
Oct 9, 2024
Maple Leafs goalie Woll out for opener against Canadiens, Stolarz to start
MONTREAL - Toronto goalie Anthony Stolarz will get the start in place of injured Joseph Woll when the Maple Leafs visit the Montreal Canadiens to open their NHL season on Wednesday night. Maple Leafs ...
Oct 9, 2024
Biden and Netanyahu hold their first conversation in weeks. Trump recently called the Israeli leader
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday were holding their first call in weeks, a conversation that comes as Israel expands its ground incursio...
Oct 9, 2024
Former Sen. Tim Johnson, the last Democrat to hold statewide office in South Dakota, dies at 77
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Former Sen. Tim Johnson, a centrist who was the last Democrat to hold statewide office in South Dakota and who was adept at securing federal funding for projects back home dur...
Oct 9, 2024
Time to evacuate is running out as Hurricane Milton closes in on Florida
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The National Weather Service says a tornado is on the ground in the lightly populated Everglades area of South Florida. The service posted a photo on the social platform X of the fu...
Oct 9, 2024
The death toll in a gang attack on a small Haitian town rises to 115, a local official says
PONT-SOND, Haiti (AP) - The death toll in a brutal gang attack last week on a small town in central Haiti has risen to 115, a local official told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The attack on resid...
Oct 9, 2024