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Trudeau won't commit to national caucus meeting, says he's having calls with MPs
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's been taking calls from different members of his Liberal caucus following the party's historic byelection loss in a downtown Toronto riding last week....
Jul 3, 2024
Sex crime case of Montreal billionaire Robert Miller to return to court in October
MONTREAL - The case against Robert Miller has moved a step closer to trial, even as questions remain about the ailing billionaire's ability to appear in court to face multiple sex charges. Lawyers for...
Jul 3, 2024
Vancouver home sales fall 19 per cent in June as inventory continues to build: board
VANCOUVER - Greater Vancouver's real estate board says the number of homes sold in June tumbled 19.1 per cent from the previous year as inventory continued accumulating to levels not seen since the sp...
Jul 3, 2024
LeBron James agrees to a 2-year extension with the Los Angeles Lakers, AP source says
LeBron James is making it official: He's coming back for a record-tying 22nd season in the NBA, one where the league's all-time scoring leader could share the floor with his son Bronny as teammates wi...
Jul 3, 2024
Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan named Canada's newest chief of the defence staff
OTTAWA - The federal government says it is naming Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan as defence chief, making her the first woman to hold the Canadian Armed Forces' top job. Carignan is currently the military's...
Jul 3, 2024
Egypt swears in a new Cabinet as mounting economic challenges fuel public discontent
CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's new Cabinet was sworn in Wednesday as the country faces an ailing economy and raging conflicts in neighboring nations. The new Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly,...
Jul 3, 2024
Anti-settlement group says Israel has made largest West Bank land seizure in 3 decades
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades, an anti-settlement watchdog group said Wednesday, a move that could further worsen alr...
Jul 3, 2024
In the news today: UoT encampment ordered taken down, Nova Scotia needs new cash
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Toronto police to enforce encampment order. The Toronto Police Service says it will enforce a court order gran...
Jul 3, 2024
Police say they will enforce judge's order that U of T encampment must come down
TORONTO - The Toronto Police Service says it will enforce a court order granted yesterday that says demonstrators at a pro-Palestinian protest encampment at the University of Toronto must dismantle th...
Jul 3, 2024
Taiwan says China told Taiwan's coast guard to not interfere in the detention of Taiwanese boat crew
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan says China ordered Taiwan's coast guard away from interfering in the detention of a Taiwanese fishing boat off the Chinese coast in what is seen as an increasing Chinese a...
Jul 2, 2024