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Holland must sell oral-health providers on dental care plan before coverage begins
OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland is on tour to sell Canadian dentists and hygienists on the new federal dental care plan as concerns mount about what the government plans to pay providers for the...
Mar 25, 2024
Depleted Toronto Raptors sign guard Kobi Simmons to 10-day contract
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have signed guard Kobi Simmons to a 10-day contract. The six-foot-five, 180-pound Simmons has averaged 15.9 points, 4.9 assists, 4.1 rebounds and 31.6 minutes per game in...
Mar 25, 2024
Group asks Vancouver for more time over Crab Park homeless site cleanup
VANCOUVER - An advocacy group and others are making a final plea to the City of Vancouver to hold off on its second phase of a plan to clean up the site of a homeless camp in Crab Park. The group call...
Mar 25, 2024
Bell CEO summoned to committee over job cuts after not finding time to appear
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament have summoned the head of Bell Canada to testify next month about the company's decision to cut thousands of jobs across the country. CEO Mirko Bibic was originally invi...
Mar 25, 2024
Judge sets April 15 trial date in Trump's New York hush money case
NEW YORK (AP) - A New York judge has scheduled an April 15 trial date in former President Donald Trump's hush money case. Judge Juan M. Merchan made the ruling Monday. The judge earlier had scolded th...
Mar 25, 2024
Dani Alves released from prison after paying bail while awaiting appeal of rape conviction in Spain
MADRID (AP) - Brazilian soccer star Dani Alves was released from prison Monday after paying 1 million euros ($1.2 million) in bail to be set free while appealing a rape conviction, a Spanish court sai...
Mar 25, 2024
Man arrested after fatal Quebec strip club brawl north of Montreal
TERREBONNE, Que. - Quebec provincial police say they've arrested a 25-year-old man in connection with a fatal brawl at a strip club last week north of Montreal. Police say the suspect was involved in ...
Mar 25, 2024
Liberal MPs call on finance minister to fund disability benefit in upcoming budget
OTTAWA - Dozens of Liberal members of Parliament are calling on the finance minister to set aside money for the Canada Disability Benefit in next month's federal budget. In a letter shared on social m...
Mar 25, 2024
UN demands cease-fire in Gaza during Muslim holy month of Ramadan, its 1st demand to halt fighting
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United Nations Security Council on Monday demanded a cease-fire in Gaza during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, its first demand to halt fighting. The United States abstaine...
Mar 25, 2024
Former Senegal prime minister concedes defeat in presidential election to opposition candidate
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - A former Senegalese prime minister has conceded the presidential election to the opposition candidate based on preliminary results a day after the vote was held. Amadou Ba in a s...
Mar 25, 2024