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Canadian organizations deploy aid workers in Turkey to help earthquake survivors
TORONTO - Canadian organizations are deploying aid workers to help the survivors of a disastrous earthquake that struck parts of Turkey and Syria. More than 22,000 people have been killed and thousand...
Feb 10, 2023
Scotiabank adds name to chorus critical of UCP giving royalty credits for well cleanup
Alberta's United Conservative Party government is facing growing criticism over its plan to give oil companies a royalty credit for cleaning up their old wells.A royalty is the price Alberta charges a...
Feb 10, 2023
FBI searching Pence home as part of classified docs probe
WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI is searching former Vice President Mike Pence's Indiana home as part of a classified records probe, according to a person familiar with the search. The person was not authori...
Feb 10, 2023
Canadian Olympian Marie-Michele Gagnon to retire following alpine ski season
Three-time Canadian Olympian Marie-Michele Gagnon has announced she will retire from alpine ski racing at the conclusion of the World Cup season. The 33-year-old from Lac-Etchemin, Que., is the lone e...
Feb 10, 2023
Canada's Miller continues carving out name with G League Ignite as eyes set on NBA
Unwavering self-confidence has gone a long way in keeping Leonard Miller level-headed in his journey to being a potential first-round NBA draft pick in June. It was just under two years ago when the S...
Feb 10, 2023
Canadiens sign defenceman Jordan Harris to two-year contract extension
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens have signed rookie defenceman Jordan Harris to a two-year contract extension, the club announced Friday. The deal, which runs through the 2024-25 campaign, carries an...
Feb 10, 2023
Trade Minster says she hopes public sees her 'sincerity' since admitting ethics error
OTTAWA - International Trade Minister Mary Ng says she hopes Canadians will see the "sincerity" in her efforts to make amends after breaking the country's ethics rules. Ng is testifying before a parli...
Feb 10, 2023
Canadian economy adds 150,000 jobs in January, unemployment holds steady at 5%
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the economy added a whopping 150,000 jobs in January.With 153,000 people joining the labour force last month, the unemployment rate held steady at five per cent, hoveri...
Feb 10, 2023
Israeli police: 2 killed, 5 wounded in suspected car-ramming
JERUSALEM (AP) - A suspected assailant rammed his car into several pedestrians in east Jerusalem on Friday, killing two people and injuring five others before being shot and killed, Israeli police sai...
Feb 10, 2023
Feds give AthletesCAN funds to unify services in one hub
GATINEAU, Que. - The federal government is giving $225,000 to the national athletes association, AthletesCAN, to centralize services into a one-stop shop. AthletesCAN serves as the collective voice of...
Feb 10, 2023