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CP NewsAlert: McGill, Concordia universities sue Quebec government over tuition hikes
MONTREAL - McGill University and Concordia University are suing the Quebec government over its decision to hike tuition for out-of-province students by about 30 per cent. In separate lawsuits, the two...
Feb 23, 2024
Check you're fully immunized against measles, Public Health Agency of Canada urges
The Public Health Agency of Canada is strongly advising everyone in Canada to check that they're fully immunized against measles, especially before travelling Amid a global rise in measles, the agency...
Feb 23, 2024
Cricket Canada looks to Boundaries North partnership to build on on-field success
Canada Cricket looks to make some noise this year, or at least some headlines. For the first time, Canada is headed to the ICC Men's T20 World Cup in June in the West Indies and U.S. And the Canadian ...
Feb 23, 2024
Canadian teenager Hallie Clarke wins skeleton world championship
WINTERBERG, Germany - Canada's Hallie Clarke won the women's skeleton competition at the bobsled and skeleton world championships on Friday. The 19-year-old from Brighton, Ont., clocked a four-run tim...
Feb 23, 2024
Toronto FC reacquires fullback Richie Laryea in transfer from Nottingham Forest
Toronto FC has reacquired Canadian international fullback Richie Laryea from England's Nottingham Forest. The 29-year-old from Toronto moved to Forest in January 2022, but was loaned back to Toronto s...
Feb 23, 2024
Non-market workforce housing proposed in Parksville
PARKSVILLE - A local non-profit organization intends to build a 36-unit apartment-style building on the city's southern edge. Members of Parksville Lions Housing Society outlined its plans earmarked f...
Feb 23, 2024
Canadian competitors set for final Olympic surfing qualifier in Puerto Rico
Having won her Canadian citizenship battle, teenage surfer Erin Brooks now looks to book her ticket to the Paris Olympics. Brooks is one of six Canadians competing at the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games,...
Feb 23, 2024
Kerri Einarson chases curling history in Tournament of Hearts with substitute lead
CALGARY - Krysten Karwacki is in a spotlight not of her own making at the Canadian women's curling championship. Kerri Einarson's alternate, or fifth, has played every end for four-time champion Einar...
Feb 23, 2024
In the news today: Grocery CEOs seen as villains, ultra-low-cost airline to shut down
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Why Canadians see grocers as villains of inflation Galen Weston may not be the ...
Feb 23, 2024
Premier David Eby to tout B.C. budget with address at Vancouver Board of Trade
VICTORIA - Premier David Eby will take his budget tour on the road today as he sells the highlights to members of Vancouver's business community with less than nine months before a provincial election...
Feb 23, 2024