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Québec solidaire to swear oath to King, vows to table bill to make pledge optional
MONTREAL - The 11 recently elected members of Qubec solidaire are no longer refusing to swear an oath of office to King Charles III. Spokesman Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois says party members will take the oa...
Nov 3, 2022
Suzuki and Udea tied atop Toto Japan Classic after 1st round
SHIGA, Japan (AP) - Japanese players Ai Suzuki and Momoko Ueda each shot 7-under 65s on Thursday to sit atop the first-round leaderboard at the LPGA Tour's Toto Japan Classic. Two other Japanese playe...
Nov 3, 2022
Packed hotels & return of marquee events highlighted tourism season 2022
NANAIMO - Some major challenges still remain, but by all accounts the tourism sector on central Vancouver Island is back in full swing.This past summer saw returns of the hallmark events like the Park...
Nov 3, 2022
Official: Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan wounded in gun attack
ISLAMABAD (AP) - A gunman opened fire at a container truck carrying Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday, wounding him slightly and also some of his supporters, a senior leader from...
Nov 3, 2022
Fiscal update, trucker testimony at Emergencies Act inquiry : In The News for Nov. 3
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Nov. 3 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Nov 3, 2022
Fall mini-budget aims to help Canada compete with U.S. clean energy investments
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is to table her mid-year budget update in the House of Commons today focused heavily on driving investment to Canada's clean energy industries in response t...
Nov 3, 2022
Fertilizer greenhouse gas cuts may take longer than Ottawa wants, farm groups say
The goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from fertilizer use by 30 per cent kicked up more dust than a tractor on a grid road when it was first announced by the federal Liberal government last su...
Nov 3, 2022
Canadian War Museum oral history project examines war's aftermath
HALIFAX - The pride in Blanche Bennett's voice was evident as she vividly recounted the day 80 years ago when she volunteered to serve in the Canadian Women's Army Corps. Bennett, who turns 100 on Nov...
Nov 3, 2022
Republican wave could prove emboldening for left-leaning Democrats on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON - Their arrival atop a cresting "blue wave" of Democrats in 2018, two years into the caustic presidency of Donald Trump, heralded a bold new era of young, diverse and left-leaning political...
Nov 3, 2022
Pristine alpine lake contaminated by dust from mountaintop coal mines, study shows
New Alberta government research has found windblown dust from mountaintop removal coal mines has polluted a pristine alpine lake to the point where its waters are as contaminated as lakes downwind fro...
Nov 3, 2022