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Homicide probe after 19-year-old Quebec City woman killed, second teen injured
Quebec City police say a 19-year-old woman was killed in her home early this morning while a 16-year-old boy was seriously injured. Police say doctors fear for the life of the injured teen, who was li...
Oct 26, 2023

Self-reported paid sick leave coverage has increased 'moderately' since 1995: StatCan
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says self-reported paid sick leave coverage has increased moderately since 1995, but coverage for front-line workers is still far from universal. The federal agency says tha...
Oct 26, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Global Affairs says 7th Canadian killed in Israel-Hamas hostilities
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada says it is providing support to the family of a seventh Canadian killed during ongoing hostilities between Israel and Hamas. More coming. The Canadian Press
Oct 26, 2023

Canadian Tammara Thibeault punches ticket to Paris in Pan American Games boxing
SANTIAGO - Canadian boxer Tammara Thibeault qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris by advancing to the final at the Pan American Games. The 26-year-old from Shawinigan, Que., defeated Vanessa O...
Oct 26, 2023

Canada Border Services Agency issues alert about man wanted for Maine mass shooting
The Canada Border Services Agency has issued an "armed and dangerous" alert to its officers stationed along the Canada-U.S. border, warning them to be on the lookout for the man suspected of fatally s...
Oct 26, 2023

María Corina Machado is winner of Venezuela opposition primary that government has denounced
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan government critic Mara Corina Machado was declared the winner Thursday of an opposition-organized primary to choose a presidential candidate, in polling last weeke...
Oct 26, 2023

Rep. Jamaal Bowman pleads guilty to a misdemeanor for pulling a fire alarm in House office building
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman pleaded guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor count for triggering a fire alarm as lawmakers scrambled to pass a funding bill before a government shutdown de...
Oct 26, 2023

Dentists decry being left in the dark about federal dental insurance plan
OTTAWA - Canadian dentists are demanding details on Ottawa's soon-to-be announced federal dental insurance plan and how the federal government pans to preserve existing provincial and private coverage...
Oct 26, 2023

Trudeau to nominate Alberta judge Mary Moreau to Supreme Court: CP source
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to announce the nomination of Mary Moreau, chief justice of the Court of King's Bench of Alberta, to the Supreme Court of Canada. A senior government sour...
Oct 26, 2023

Mexican authorities report 27 people killed by Hurricane Otis
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) - Mexico's security secretary says Hurricane Otis was responsible for at least 27 deaths and four people remained missing. Rosa Icela Rodrguez Rodrguez comments Thursday at Presi...
Oct 26, 2023