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Road to 2024 Summer Olympics has already begun for surfer Sanoa Dempfle-Olin
Every athlete that qualified for the Olympics at last month's Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, got a ceremonial ticket to Paris for the 2024 Summer Games. Canadian surfer Sanoa Dempfle-Olin has ...
Nov 23, 2023
Here's what the federal government's tight fiscal outlook could mean for pharmacare
OTTAWA - Liberals and New Democrats appear to be inching closer to an agreement on proposed pharmacare legislation, but a national drug plan may be farther out of reach than ever after this week's fed...
Nov 23, 2023
Municipalities say $600 billion in infrastructure needed to build 5.8 million homes
OTTAWA - The Federation of Canadian Municipalities says new research it commissioned finds municipalities would need $600 billion in infrastructure funding to help build 5.8 million homes by 2030. Tha...
Nov 23, 2023
Pierre Poilievre says he has a plan to tackle hate — but without touching free speech
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he has a plan for how he would tackle a rise in hate-motivated crimes reported since the start of Israel-Hamas war, but it doesn't involve touching w...
Nov 23, 2023
French military to contribute 15,000 soldiers to massive security operation for Paris Olympics
PARIS (AP) - France's military is planning to contribute 15,000 soldiers to the massive security operation for next year's Paris Olympics, an army general involved in the preparations said Thursday. T...
Nov 23, 2023
Liberals, Tories argue over carbon pricing in update to Ukraine trade agreement
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says his party didn't vote against having a free-trade agreement with Ukraine, but is instead rejecting a bill that promotes carbon pricing. The House of ...
Nov 23, 2023
Malichita cantaloupes likely cause of salmonella outbreak in five provinces: PHAC
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says Malichita brand cantaloupes have likely caused a salmonella outbreak acrossfive provinces. It says as of Wednesday, there have been 26 confirmed cases ...
Nov 23, 2023
French military to contribute 15,000 soldiers to massive security operation for Paris Olympics
PARIS (AP) - France's military is planning to contribute 15,000 soldiers to the massive security operation for next year's Paris Olympics, an army general involved in the preparations said Thursday. T...
Nov 23, 2023
Defence chief, minister to meet House committee about military capacity
OTTAWA - The defence minister and Canada's top soldier are set to speak to a House of Commons committee later today about the rising number of domestic military operations and the challenges that pose...
Nov 23, 2023
Blackhawks' Taylor Hall is expected to miss the rest of the season with a right knee injury
CHICAGO (AP) - Blackhawks forward Taylor Hall will have right knee surgery, likely sidelining the 2018 NHL MVP for the rest of the season. The team placed Hall and forward Andreas Athanasiou on injure...
Nov 23, 2023