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Veterans affairs minister stands firm on record in face of anger, call to resign
OTTAWA - Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay is standing firm in the face of frustration over the Liberal government's treatment of ill and injured veterans and even a call for him to resign. ...
Nov 10, 2022
Osorio looks to complete comeback, help lead Canada at World Cup in Qatar
Jonathan Osorio's long road to the World Cup has not been without its bumps, not to mention a stop in Uruguay. In recent months, the Toronto FC midfielder was sidelined by post-concussion syndrome - t...
Nov 10, 2022
France grants port to migrant rescue ship amid Italy rift
PARIS (AP) - France will take in passengers from a migrant rescue ship who have been stranded in the Mediterranean Sea for more than two weeks after Italy refused them entry, the country's interior mi...
Nov 10, 2022
Canada Soccer president predicts labour talks will produce 'epic, historical' deal
Canada Soccer president Nick Bontis predicts the ongoing labour talks with the Canadian men's and women's teams will produce "an epic, historical deal for pay equity." The association's collective bar...
Nov 10, 2022
Climate Changed: Canadian golf courses working to reduce ecological impact
Golf's origins date back hundreds of years to rural Scotland where the natural features of the land near Edinburgh created the hazards that golfers had to play around and sheep kept the grass well man...
Nov 10, 2022
Jailed Egyptian hunger striker is hospitalized, family says
CAIRO (AP) - Egyptian prison authorities have intervened medically with jailed pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who this week escalated a food and water strike demanding his release, coincidi...
Nov 10, 2022
AP VoteCast: How voters felt about happy hours, Taylor Swift
WASHINGTON (AP) - In Massachusetts, Democrats and Republicans could find an issue to agree on: letting bars have happy hours. Commonwealth law bans bars and other establishments from having special di...
Nov 10, 2022
In The News for Nov. 10: Do Canadian airports have enough airport security screeners?
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. 10 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Nov 10, 2022
'War hero of the family': Canadian War Museum acquires three more Victoria Crosses
OTTAWA - The story of Pte. James Peter Robertson was well-known in Peter Harris's family. During the First World War, the Canadian soldier singlehandedly took out a German machine-gun nest at Passchen...
Nov 10, 2022
Alberta, Ontario civil servants testifying at inquiry into Emergencies Act
Ontario's deputy solicitor general is expected to finish his testimony this morning at the public inquiry into the federal government's unprecedented use of the Emergencies Act. Mario Di Tommaso brief...
Nov 10, 2022