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Quick quotes: How Canada is reacting to Trump's threat to impose a 25 per cent tariff
OTTAWA - Here's how notable Canadian politicians and business groups are reacting to U.S. president-elect's threat to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all goods coming from Canada: "The fact is we need ...
Nov 26, 2024
A fugitive wanted in the US on terror charges is arrested in the UK after 20 years on the run
LONDON (AP) - A suspect wanted in the U.S. for two bombings in the San Francisco area appeared in a London courtroom Tuesday after being captured following a 20-year run from the law, officials said. ...
Nov 26, 2024
B.C. health executive fired for refusing COVID-19 vaccine loses EI appeal
VANCOUVER - A Federal Court judge has dismissed an appeal by a "deeply religious" British Columbia health executive who said he was wrongfully denied employment insurance after being fired three years...
Nov 26, 2024
Shipping container of teddy bears pulled out of river near Montreal
MONTREAL - A shipping container full of teddy bears that fell into the St. Lawrence River near the Port of Montreal over the weekend has been successfully removed. An employee with the company Urgence...
Nov 26, 2024
Need to get to Calgary? Medicine Hat shuttle service offers twice daily trips
Getting to and from Calgary can be a precarious commute over the winter, with dangerous conditions creating various hazards.Many travel to the city for the airport, hospital, or other services that ma...
Nov 26, 2024
Investigation into B.C. teen with bird flu finds no new cases, cause still unknown
British Columbia's provincial health officer says an investigation into the case of a teenager infected with avian flu has found no new cases or evidence of human-to-human transmission, while failing ...
Nov 26, 2024
Man found guilty of holding down teen while he was raped at a youth center in 1998
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - A New Hampshire jury on Tuesday found a former leader at a youth detention center guilty of holding down a teen while he was raped in 1998. Bradley Asbury, now 70, was found gu...
Nov 26, 2024
‘Who profits on hunger?’ Inuit send pleading emails to minister about food costs
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - People in Nunavut and northern Labrador have been writing to Canadian government officials this year to say grocers were charging exorbitant prices despite receiving a federal subsi...
Nov 26, 2024
Man found guilty of holding down teen while he was raped at a youth center in 1998
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - A New Hampshire jury on Tuesday found a former leader at a youth detention center guilty of holding down a teen while he was raped in 1998. The jury deliberated over three days...
Nov 26, 2024
Boissonnault's former company suspended from federal procurement
OTTAWA - The federal government is barring a company previously co-owned by a Liberal MP and former minister from bidding on contracts with the federal government. Global Health Imports, which was co-...
Nov 26, 2024