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Pandemic benefits reduced child poverty, government should build on success: report
OTTAWA - A new report says pandemic benefits rolled out to cushion the blow of COVID-19 lockdowns significantly reduced the child poverty rate. The analysis by the anti-poverty group Campaign 2000 say...
Feb 14, 2023
Parents of girl killed in Quebec bus crash remember her as a 'ray of sunshine'
MONTREAL - The parents of one of the two children killed when a bus smashed into a Laval, Que., daycare last week are paying tribute to their four-year-old daughter in a letter sent to Quebec media. I...
Feb 14, 2023
California Sen. Feinstein says she won't run for reelection
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced Tuesday that she will not seek reelection in 2024, signaling the end of a groundbreaking political career spanning six decades in which sh...
Feb 14, 2023
Edmonton Elks sign speedy receiver Eugene Lewis
EDMONTON - Eugene Lewis is on the move. The East Division's top player last season signed with the Edmonton Elks on Tuesday, the first day of CFL free agency. Contract details weren't divulged but Lew...
Feb 14, 2023
Anniversary of Emergencies Act invocation brings modest convoy protest to Ottawa
OTTAWA - Protesters returned to Ottawa in significantly smaller numbers today to mark the one-year anniversary of the Liberal government's invocation of the Emergencies Act. City officials said more p...
Feb 14, 2023
Early results of search for possible graves at Vancouver Island school to be released
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. - A First Nation on Vancouver Island says it is ready to release the results of its preliminary investigation into possible unmarked graves on the grounds of a former residential sc...
Feb 14, 2023
Rising toll makes quake worst in Turkey's modern history
JINDERIS, Syria (AP) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Tuesday that 35,418 people have died in Turkey as a result of last week's earthquake, making it the deadliest such disaster sinc...
Feb 14, 2023
Canada's Auger-Aliassime begins title defence with first-round win at Rotterdam Open
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Felix Auger-Aliassime's title defence at the Rotterdam Open got off to a fast start Tuesday. The Montreal native needed just one hour 22 minutes to oust Italy's Lorenzo Sonego...
Feb 14, 2023
Cody Fajardo signs two-year deal with the Alouettes
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Former Saskatchewan Roughrider quarterback Cody Fajardo is on his to Montreal.Fajardo signed a two-year deal with the Montreal Alouettes on Tuesday, the first day of CFL free agency...
Feb 14, 2023
Federal committee will probe contracts with other consulting firms, not just McKinsey
OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee probing federal contracts awarded to McKinsey & Company will now look into other consulting firms' relationships with Ottawa. New Democrat MP Gord Johns brought ...
Feb 14, 2023