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Fresh off big win in Google news standoff, heritage minister to testify at committee
OTTAWA - Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge is appearing at a committee hearing this morning, fresh from finally ending Canada's standoff with Google over the Online News Act. St-Onge called the agreem...
Nov 30, 2023
Closing arguments to begin in B.C. first-degree murder trial of Ibrahim Ali
VANCOUVER - Closing arguments in the first-degree murder trial of Ibrahim Ali are expected to begin today in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver. Ali pleaded not guilty in April to murdering a 13-year-old...
Nov 30, 2023
Liberal minister to testify after heated testimony from Métis, First Nations groups
OTTAWA - As Indigenous leaders engage in heated debate over a federal bill that would formalize several Mtis self-governance agreements, the Liberal minister for Crown-Indigenous relations is expected...
Nov 30, 2023
Who is U.S.-Canadian lawyer Gurpatwant Pannun, alleged target of murder plot?
A decade ago this month, lawyer Gurpatwant Singh Pannun and his friend Hardeep Singh Nijjar were in Geneva to deliver a petition calling on the United Nations to declare widespread killings of Sikhs i...
Nov 30, 2023
Closing arguments to begin in B.C. first-degree murder trial of Ibrahim Ali
VANCOUVER - Closing arguments in the first-degree murder trial of Ibrahim Ali are expected to begin today in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver. Ali pleaded not guilty in April to murdering a 13-year-old...
Nov 30, 2023
Constitutional challenge in Indigenous lobster fishing case moving ahead this week
HALIFAX - An Indigenous fisherman is expected to appear Thursday in a northern New Brunswick courtroom, where he will launch a constitutional challenge that could prove pivotal for First Nations acros...
Nov 30, 2023
Jimmy Vesey breaks tie with 4:15 left, Rangers rally to beat Red Wings 3-2
NEW YORK (AP) - Jimmy Vesey broke a tie with 4:15 left and the New York Rangers rallied to beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 Wednesday night. K'Andre Miller had a goal and an assist, Artemi Panarin also ...
Nov 29, 2023
Siakam, Barnes help Raptors upset Suns 112-105; Phoenix's win streak ends at seven
TORONTO - Pascal Siakam scored 22 points and pulled down nine rebounds as the Toronto Raptors upset Phoenix for a 112-105 win on Wednesday, snapping the Suns' seven-game win streak. Scottie Barnes had...
Nov 29, 2023
Joel Armia's third-period goal lifts Canadiens over Blue Jackets 4-2
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Joel Armia scored the go-ahead goal with three minutes left in the third period to rally the Montreal Canadiens over the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-2 on Wednesday night for their th...
Nov 29, 2023
Henry Kissinger, secretary of state under Presidents Nixon and Ford, dies at 100
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the diplomat with the thick glasses and gravelly voice who dominated foreign policy as the United States extricated itself from Vietnam and broke down barrie...
Nov 29, 2023