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Teck Resources reports Q4 profit up and record copper production
VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. reported its fourth-quarter profit rose compared with a year earlier as it ramped up operations at its Quebrada Blanca mine and produced a record amount of copper. The ...
Feb 22, 2024

Albanian Parliament approves controversial deal to hold migrants for Italy
TIRANA, Albania (AP) - Albania's Parliament on Thursday approved a deal for the country to hold thousands of migrants rescued in international waters by Italy while their asylum applications are proce...
Feb 22, 2024

Barcelona court finds Brazilian soccer star Dani Alves guilty of sexual assault
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Brazilian soccer star Dani Alves was found guilty of sexually assaulting a young woman in a Barcelona nightclub, a Spanish court ruled on Thursday. The three-judge panel senten...
Feb 22, 2024

In the news today: Canadians back aid to Ukraine, Sentencing for London truck killer
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Support for military aid to Ukraine rising: poll More Canadians want the federa...
Feb 22, 2024

In the news today: Canadians back aid to Ukraine, Sentencing for London truck killer
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Support for military aid to Ukraine rising: poll More Canadians want the federa...
Feb 22, 2024

Time not right for cuts despite deficit budget projection, says B.C. finance minister
VICTORIA - British Columbia's finance minister says increasing the deficit in today's provincial budget is the right path to take in order to allow the government to provide needed services to people....
Feb 22, 2024

Jagmeet Singh vs. Galen Weston: The NDP's crusade to bring down 'corporate greed'
OTTAWA - Pushing a grocery cart up and down the aisles of Loblaws, Jagmeet Singh has to admit it's all a little bit awkward. After all, the NDP leader has lambasted the grocery giant and its former pr...
Feb 22, 2024

Man who killed four members of Muslim family in London, Ont., to be sentenced today
LONDON - A man who killed four members of a Muslim family in London, Ont., is set to be sentenced today. Nathaniel Veltman, 23, was found guilty in November of four counts of first-degree murder and o...
Feb 22, 2024

Support for sending military aid to Ukraine rising: Leger poll
TORONTO - More Canadians want the federal government to send more ammunition and other military supplies to Ukraine to aid in its war against the Russian invasion compared to last fall, the results of...
Feb 22, 2024

Time not right for cuts despite deficit budget projection, says B.C. finance minister
VICTORIA - British Columbia's finance minister says increasing the deficit in today's provincial budget is the right path to take in order to allow the government to provide needed services to people....
Feb 22, 2024