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Conservatives must be professional, show they are an alternative to Trudeau: O'Toole
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole and his caucus put on a show of solidarity today, exactly a week after he was explaining why he decided to kick out a senator for publicly denouncing his lead...
Nov 24, 2021
Conservatives say virtual Commons proceedings allow government to dodge scrutiny
OTTAWA - Conservative MPs will oppose a government proposal today to return to a hybrid format in the House of Commons, which has allowed MPs to participate virtually in proceedings during the COVID-1...
Nov 24, 2021
Janssen COVID-19 vaccine plant in Baltimore gets Health Canada OK
OTTAWA - Health Canada has given the green light for Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines that contained elements produced at the Emergent BioSolutions facility in Baltimore, Md., to be used in Can...
Nov 24, 2021
Toronto FC names Bob Bradley head coach and sporting director
Toronto FC has named Bob Bradley head coach and sporting director, looking to his experience and savvy to revive the franchise after a failed season. The 63-year-old Bradley, father of TFC captain Mic...
Nov 24, 2021
BATUS to remain open
MEDICINE HAT - Britain's Ministry of Defence says it's not planning to close its army training base at CFB Suffield.Reports in British media had said the British government would be leaving BATUS to m...
Nov 24, 2021
Ethiopia says Abiy at war front, handing duties to deputy
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Ethiopia's government said Wednesday that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has gone to the battlefront to take charge in the country's yearlong war and left the daily work of running th...
Nov 24, 2021
Sports data analytics company predicts Olympic 23 medals for Canada in Beijing
EMERYVILLE, Calif. - A global data analytics company predicts Norway will top the Winter Olympics medal table again and Canada will finish fifth with 23 medals. The California-based Gracenote, which s...
Nov 24, 2021
Benzema handed 1-year suspended sentence in sex-tape case
VERSAILLES, France (AP) - France and Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema was given a one-year suspended jail sentence and a fine of 75,000 euros ($84,000) Wednesday in a sex-tape case that rocked French...
Nov 24, 2021
Benzema handed 1-year suspended sentence in sex-tape case
VERSAILLES, France (AP) - France and Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema was given a one-year suspended jail sentence and a fine of 75,000 euros ($84,000) Wednesday in a sex-tape case that rocked French...
Nov 24, 2021
Debate on hybrid Commons sittings, more rain for BC : In The News for Nov. 24
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. 24 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Nov 24, 2021