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Israeli PM Lapid concedes defeat to Netanyahu in election
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid's office says he has conceded defeat to former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in this week's election. A statement said Lapid congratulated...
Nov 03, 2022
Three Hills RCMP investigate armed robbery –update
Three Hills RCMP continue to investigate an armed robbery that occurred on Oct. 23, 2022, in Delburne. Mounties say they have new information regarding the vehicle driven by the suspects.The vehicle i...
Nov 03, 2022
Most funds raised for 'Freedom Convoy' protest were returned or confiscated
OTTAWA - The public inquiry into the federal government's invocation of the Emergencies Act says most of the millions of dollars raised by the "Freedom Convoy" ended up in an escrow account or returne...
Nov 03, 2022
Finland's Tuomas Sammelvuo named Volleyball Canada's new men's national team coach
Tuomas Sammelvuo was named the new head coach of Volleyball Canada's men's indoor program on Thursday. Sammelvuo is a former player, both professionally and for his native Finland, and is the current ...
Nov 03, 2022
Québec solidaire to swear oath to King, vows to table bill to make pledge optional
MONTREAL - The 11 recently elected members of Qubec solidaire are no longer refusing to swear an oath of office to King Charles III. Spokesman Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois says party members will take the oa...
Nov 03, 2022
Suzuki and Udea tied atop Toto Japan Classic after 1st round
SHIGA, Japan (AP) - Japanese players Ai Suzuki and Momoko Ueda each shot 7-under 65s on Thursday to sit atop the first-round leaderboard at the LPGA Tour's Toto Japan Classic. Two other Japanese playe...
Nov 03, 2022
Official: Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan wounded in gun attack
ISLAMABAD (AP) - A gunman opened fire at a container truck carrying Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday, wounding him slightly and also some of his supporters, a senior leader from...
Nov 03, 2022
Fiscal update, trucker testimony at Emergencies Act inquiry : In The News for Nov. 3
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. 3 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Nov 03, 2022
Canadian War Museum oral history project examines war's aftermath
HALIFAX - The pride in Blanche Bennett's voice was evident as she vividly recounted the day 80 years ago when she volunteered to serve in the Canadian Women's Army Corps. Bennett, who turns 100 on Nov...
Nov 03, 2022
Republican wave could prove emboldening for left-leaning Democrats on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON - Their arrival atop a cresting "blue wave" of Democrats in 2018, two years into the caustic presidency of Donald Trump, heralded a bold new era of young, diverse and left-leaning political...
Nov 03, 2022