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Canadian Press NewsAlert: CUPE to end education worker protests in Ontario
TORONTO - A union representing 55,000 Ontario education workers who walked off the job Friday says protest sites "will be collapsed starting" Tuesday in response to Premier Doug Ford saying he will re...
Nov 07, 2022
Climate conference hears loss of Arctic summer sea ice now inevitable by 2050
Scientists are telling the global climate conference in Egypt that the loss of summer Arctic sea ice is now inevitable. The report, delivered today at the COP 27 meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh, says there...
Nov 07, 2022
Putin-linked businessman admits to US election meddling
Kremlin-connected entrepreneur Yevgeny Prigozhin admitted Monday that he had interfered in U.S. elections and would continue to do so - confirming for the first time the accusations that he has reject...
Nov 07, 2022
Veterans' parade returns to national Remembrance Day after two-year hiatus
OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Legion is welcoming back one of the most iconic aspects of Canada's national Remembrance Day ceremony following a two-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic: the veter...
Nov 07, 2022
Quebec Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade resigns for 'the good of the party'
MONTREAL - Dominique Anglade is resigning as leader of the Quebec Liberal Party, five weeks after the Liberals suffered a crushing defeat in the provincial election. Anglade told reporters today she i...
Nov 07, 2022
Military investigating after Canadian soldier dies in Iraq
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces says it is investigating the death of a Winnipeg-based soldier who was serving in Iraq. Capt. Eric Cheung, 38, died Saturday under what the military is calling "non-...
Nov 07, 2022
Presidential push: Biden, Obama, Trump stump before Tuesday's midterm elections
WASHINGTON - Presidents past and present are making one final push as the 2022 U.S. midterm election campaigns finally approach the finish line. Joe Biden and Barack Obama reunited the 2008 Democratic...
Nov 07, 2022
Rihanna talks motherhood, Super Bowl: 'It was now or never'
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - Rihanna knew that if she was going to return to the stage less than a year after giving birth to her first child, the performance would have to top anything she'd done befor...
Nov 07, 2022
Nanaimo man pleads guilty to reporting fake school shootings to 911, legally changes name after incident
NANAIMO - False 911 calls claiming shooting victims at NDSS and Fairview Elementary School resulted in a guilty plea.An upcoming trial was promptly cancelled for the offender, formally known as Aaron ...
Nov 07, 2022
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers buying IAA in deal worth US$7.3 billion, including debt
VANCOUVER - Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. says it has signed a deal to acquire U.S. company IAA Inc. in a transaction valued at about US$7.3 billion including the assumption of US$1.0 billion of net ...
Nov 07, 2022