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Residents clear to return to Toronto-area condo after six shot dead, including gunman
VAUGHAN, Ont. - Residents who were evacuated from a Toronto-area condo where a lone gunman opened fire and killed five people can return to the building this morning. York Regional Police say officers...
Dec 19, 2022
Court: UK plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda is legal
LONDON (AP) - Judges at Britain's High Court say the U.K. government's controversial plan to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is legal. But two judges also ruled that the government fai...
Dec 19, 2022
South African president reelected leader of ruling ANC party
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has won reelection as leader of the ruling African National Congress party. The results announced Monday showed an unexpectedly tight race b...
Dec 19, 2022
In The News for Dec. 19: Can the world save its own biodiversity?
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 Monday, Dec. 19 ... What we are watching in Ca...
Dec 19, 2022
Air Force to add oversight after officers lose pay over 'egregious' pilot call sign
OTTAWA - While the Royal Canadian Air Force plans to add more control over how fighter pilots get their call signs, a senior officer says there are no plans to abolish the nicknames - or the social ga...
Dec 19, 2022
'Glaciers can't get a break': How climate change is affecting Canada's icy landscape
VANCOUVER - On a mountain high above the residents of Metro Vancouver, tucked inside a north-facing gully, the region's last remaining glacier is vanishing fast. The Coquitlam Glacier has survived 4,0...
Dec 19, 2022
Negotiators look to finalize nature deal at final day of COP15 convention
MONTREAL - Negotiators in Montreal are looking to finalize an agreement to halt and reverse the destruction of nature by 2030, as the COP15 talks enter their final official day. The draft agreement pr...
Dec 19, 2022
Lindholm scores twice as Flames beat Sharks 5-2
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Elias Lindholm scored two goals 19 seconds apart in the first minute of the third period, and the Calgary Flames beat the San Jose Sharks 5-2 Sunday night. Tyler Toffoli had a ...
Dec 18, 2022
Authorities: Kyiv targeted in early morning drone attack
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine's capital was targeted by multiple drones in a new attack early Monday, local authorities reported, three days after what they described as one of Russia's biggest attacks...
Dec 18, 2022
Thai navy ship sinks, rescue underway for sailors in water
BANGKOK (AP) - A Thai navy ship sunk in the Gulf of Thailand and ships and helicopters were working Monday to rescue sailors from the water. As of midmorning, 75 sailors had been rescued and 31 were s...
Dec 18, 2022