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Attacks by Sudanese RSF paramilitaries leave hundreds dead in White Nile State
CAIRO (AP) - Insurgent attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Force killed hundreds of civilians, including infants, in White Nile state, Sudanese officials and rights groups said Tuesday. Sudan's ...
Feb 18, 2025
Leonard Peltier released from prison following sentence commutation in FBI killings
Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier was released from a Florida prison Tuesday morning, nearly a month after then-President Joe Biden commuted his life sentence in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents....
Feb 18, 2025
No Deal: Toronto Blue Jays and slugger Guerrero do not reach deal on extension
DUNEDIN - Toronto Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. says the team and his representatives did not reach an agreement on a contract extension. Guerrero arrived at the club's player development co...
Feb 18, 2025
Hamas says it will free 6 living Israeli hostages on Saturday
CAIRO (AP) - A top Hamas leader says the militant group will release six living Israeli hostages on Saturday. The six are the last living hostages set to be freed under the first phase of the ceasefir...
Feb 18, 2025
Flights resume at Pearson after crash Monday, investigation begins
TORONTO - Flights have resumed at Toronto's Pearson airport, but two runways are closed as investigators from Canada's Transportation Safety Board begin their work on what may have caused a plane cras...
Feb 18, 2025
In the news today: StatCan to release January inflation figures today
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... StatCan to release January inflation figures today Statistics Canada is expected to release its January consum...
Feb 18, 2025
Throne speech kicks off B.C.'s legislative session at time of 'extraordinary change'
VICTORIA - British Columbia's legislative session opens today amid what Premier David Eby describes as a time of "extraordinary change and uncertainty." Lt.-Gov. Wendy Cocchia is scheduled to deliver ...
Feb 18, 2025
Statistics Canada set to release January inflation figures today
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is expected to release its January consumer price index report this morning. Economists polled by Reuters expect the annual inflation rate for January to tick up to 1.9 per ...
Feb 18, 2025
No 'magic solution' to Montreal homeless cohabitation issues, consultation hears
MONTREAL - There is no magic solution to homelessness, Montreal's public consultation office heard Monday as it began a series of hearings on how the city can more successfully integrate services for ...
Feb 18, 2025
Ontario election 2025: Leaders return to campaign trail after second debate
Ontario's main party leaders are heading back out on the campaign trail today after squaring off in their second and final debate before election day. Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford is set ...
Feb 18, 2025