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While sub disappearance transfixes some, many say their focus is on other calamities
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The search for a submersible that disappeared while taking wealthy tourists to see the wreck of the Titanic has gripped many with its grim cinematic elements - a ticking clo...
Jun 21, 2023
Bloc leader optimistic Trudeau will call public inquiry into foreign interference
OTTAWA - Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet says he is hopeful the Liberal government will soon call an independent public inquiry into foreign meddling is Canada's affairs. Blanchet told repor...
Jun 21, 2023
Surrey councillor breached conflict rules in police vote: ethics report
SURREY, B.C. - An ethics report has found that a Surrey, B.C., councillor who had family working for the RCMP breached ethics rules when he voted to halt the transition to an independent police force....
Jun 21, 2023
Back from lengthy layoff, Canada's Arjan Bhullar set to defend One Championship title
After more than a two-year absence due to injury and a contract dispute, Canadian Arjan Bhullar is set to defend his One Championship heavyweight title. The 37-year-old from Richmond, B.C., takes on u...
Jun 21, 2023
CP NewsAlert: Two dead, two injured in Vancouver Island plane crash
TOFINO, B.C. - Mounties on Vancouver Island say two people have been killed in the crash of a small plane northwest of Tofino on Vancouver Island. The B.C. Ambulance Service says two other people were...
Jun 21, 2023
Woman injured in Manitoba bus crash dies in hospital, bringing death toll to 16
DAUPHIN, Man. - A woman injured in last week's crash between a minibus and a transport truck in Manitoba has died in hospital, bringing the death toll to 16. RCMP said the woman, who had been in hospi...
Jun 21, 2023
Misinformation can distort national debates on important issues, chief justice warns
OTTAWA - Canada's chief justice is warning that the global rise in misinformation threatens national institutions and processes that underpin democracy. The Supreme Court's Richard Wagner said in a sp...
Jun 21, 2023
Police arrest 45, seize 440 weapons in Canada-wide raids targeting 3D-printed guns
MONTREAL - A Quebec-based anti-gun unit says 45 people have been arrested and 440 guns have been seized in raids targeting manufacturers of 3D-printed or "ghost" guns across eight provinces. The squad...
Jun 21, 2023
Explosion hits a building in Paris, injuring four people. Police are trying to determine the cause
PARIS (AP) - A strong explosion hit a building in Paris' Left Bank on Wednesday, leaving four people injured and igniting a fire that sent smoke soaring over the domed Pantheon monument and prompted t...
Jun 21, 2023
As wildfires rage on, NDP calls for increase to tax credit for volunteer firefighters
OTTAWA - New Democrats are calling on the federal government to increase the tax credit for volunteer firefighters as they combat wildfires raging across the country. MP Gord Johns held a news confere...
Jun 21, 2023