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Republican Mike Johnson has secured enough votes to become House speaker as ballot draws to a close
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Mike Johnson easily secured enough votes to be elected House speaker on Wednesday, as Republicans were eagerly elevating the little-known conservative leader to the seat of U.S....
Oct 25, 2023
French-language university heads criticize tuition hike for non-Quebec students
MONTREAL - A group of French-language university heads in Quebec is coming to the defence of English schools who say a planned tuition hike for out-of-province students could devastate their finances....
Oct 25, 2023
Drought reveals cracks in Canada-U.S. Columbia River Treaty as B.C. lake dries up
Victoria Youmans says she hasn't seen Arrow Lakes Reservoir looking so low in more than 20 years. The resident of Nakusp on the shores of the reservoir in British Columbia's southern Interior says she...
Oct 25, 2023
'It's grim:' Community devastated by shooting deaths in Sault Ste. Marie
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. - Halloween decorations still fluttered from the front porch of a home in Sault Ste. Marie where three children were found shot dead this week, the youngest victims of a rampage...
Oct 25, 2023
Health-care standards not met at Alberta correctional centre, report finds
EDMONTON - Alberta's public interest commissioner has found what he calls "serious lapses" in medical care at a provincial correctional centre. Kevin Brezinski's investigation, responding to a whistle...
Oct 25, 2023
Several Bandits included in NHL watch list
BROOKS, AB. - Four members of the Brooks Bandits have been identified on NHL Central Scouting Preliminary Players to Watch List for the 2024 NHL draft.Logan Sawyer, Nathan Free, Mathieu Taillefer and ...
Oct 25, 2023
Ontario Sen. Ian Shugart, former top public servant, dead at 66
OTTAWA - The Speaker of the Senate announced today that Ian Shugart, an Ontario senator and former top public servant, has died at the age of 66. The Senate is expected to hold a moment of silence for...
Oct 25, 2023
Air Canada apology to U.K. MP over airport screening 'right thing to do': Rodriguez
OTTAWA - Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez says Air Canada was right to apologize to a British MP who alleges he was subjected to Islamophobic screening by the airline and Canadian border officials o...
Oct 25, 2023
Judge reinstates murder charge against Philadelphia police officer in fatal shooting of motorist
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A judge on Wednesday reinstated all charges, including a murder count, against a former police officer who shot and killed a driver through a rolled-up car window - a confrontation...
Oct 25, 2023
Quebec public sector unions call for one-day strike to be held Nov. 6
MONTREAL - Quebec's common front of public sector unions is gearing up for a one-day strike on Nov. 6. Certain hospitals and regional health boards have begun receiving strike notices for that day, on...
Oct 25, 2023