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Team Rachel Homan in top form entering Grand Slam of Curling's Masters
After tinkering with positions in the first season of the quadrennial after the arrival of Tracy Fleury, Rachel Homan is back in the house and has skipped her team to the top of the Canadian rankings....
Dec 11, 2023
Speaker Greg Fergus apologizes to committee for video shown at political convention
OTTAWA - House Speaker Greg Fergus apologized to a committee of MPs this morning for a video he made that was shown at a recent Ontario Liberal Party convention. Fergus was called to speak to the comm...
Dec 11, 2023
Forced-labour watchdog opens probe against Guess over possible Uyghur slave labour
OTTAWA - Canada's corporate watchdog is launching a probe against the company Guess over possible ties to Uyghur forced labour in China. The ombudsperson for responsible enterprise, Sheri Meyerhoffer,...
Dec 11, 2023
Critics pan draft text at UN climate talks as watered down as COP28 nears its finale in Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Countries moved closer to reaching what critics called a watered-down final deal Monday, avoiding calls from more than 100 nations to phase out planet-warming fossil...
Dec 11, 2023
In the news today: Details of new federal dental insurance plan to be released today
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Federal government to announce dental-care plan Several government ministers ar...
Dec 11, 2023
Climate change battering municipal finances across Canada
MONTREAL - The hamlet of Gore, Que., had the foresight to start preparing for more intense annual flooding due to climate change a decade ago. That's when the rural township 60 kilometres northwest of...
Dec 11, 2023
Federal government to announce details of dental insurance plan
OTTAWA - Several government ministers are expected to launch today a new federal dental insurance plan that will provide benefits directly to eligible Canadian residents, though the first claims won't...
Dec 11, 2023
Advocates, victims' families oppose destroying Robert Pickton evidence
VANCOUVER - Advocates and families of victims who were murdered by serial killer Robert Pickton say they are opposed to recent applications filed by the B.C. RCMP to destroy or return thousands of pie...
Dec 11, 2023
Nurses, health workers set to join other Quebec public sector workers on picket lines
MONTREAL - About 80,000 unionized Quebec nurses and other health-care workers will be joining fellow public sector workers already on strike since last week. The health workers are members of the FIQ,...
Dec 11, 2023
India's Supreme Court upholds government's decision to remove disputed Kashmir’s special status
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - India's top court on Monday upheld a 2019 decision by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to strip disputed Jammu and Kashmir's special status as a semi-autonomous region ...
Dec 11, 2023