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CP NewsAlert: NASA delays Artemis II moon mission that includes Canadian astronaut

NASA says it will be delaying the Artemis moon mission that includes Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, initially scheduled for November of this year. The U.S. space agency provided an update today on ...

Jan 09, 2024

RCMP to begin collecting, analyzing race-based data in pilot project

OTTAWA - The RCMP says it will begin collecting race-based data in select locations this month to better understand interactions between police and people in various communities. The pilot project fol...

Jan 09, 2024

Sweden will send 'reduced battalion' to join Canadian-led NATO force in Latvia

OTTAWA - Sweden's prime minister says his country plans to join a Canadian-led NATO brigade force in Latvia. In a speech Monday to a national security conference, Ulf Kristersson said his government i...

Jan 09, 2024

B.C. launches Canada's first self-screening cervical cancer plan, with at-home tests

VANCOUVER - British Columbia is phasing out the pap test for cancer screening in favour of mail-in kits collected by patients. The government says trials have shown that screening for the human papill...

Jan 09, 2024

Montreal unregistered acupuncturist's clients urged to get tested for HIV, hepatitis

Montreal public health is urging clients of a man offering acupuncture treatments in the city's Notre-Dame-de-Grce neighbourhood to get tested for hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV. Officials say the r...

Jan 09, 2024

RCMP fails to submit plan on how it will respond to Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry

HALIFAX - The RCMP have failed to meet a self-imposed deadline to detail how they plan to implement recommendations from the inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting. When the Mass Casualty Com...

Alex Rawnsley Jan 09, 2024

Questions surround Canada's donation of air defence system for Ukraine one year on

OTTAWA - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says improving air defence is a top priority for his country in the new year, but getting air defence systems onto the battlefield has been slow. The s...

Jan 09, 2024

In the news today: Gazans vie for visas and Iranian student denied a study permit

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Families with relatives in Gaza vie for visas Hundreds of families in Canada ho...

Jan 09, 2024

Quebec public school students return to class as strike has system playing catch up

MONTREAL - Quebec public school students will be back in the classroom today after an end to labour strife that had kept some students at home since late November. Major public-sector unions reached t...

Jan 09, 2024

Minor soccer referees in Quebec to wear body cameras to prevent abuse

MONTREAL - In an effort to prevent abuse by parents and some coaches, a minor soccer association in Quebec's Eastern Townships plans to equip referees with body cameras next season. Referees in the as...

Jan 09, 2024