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Germany's Scholz loses a confidence vote, setting up an early election in February
BERLIN (AP) - Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in the German parliament on Monday, putting the European Union's most populous member and biggest economy on course to hold an early electio...
Dec 16, 2024
Ottawa Redblacks sign Canadian offensive lineman Pelehos to extension
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks signed Canadian offensive lineman Zack Pelehos to a two-year contract extension Monday. The former University of Ottawa star was slated to become a free agent in February...
Dec 16, 2024
The Canadian Press Newsmakers of the Year, past and present
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is The Canadian Press 2024 Newsmaker of the Year. Here is a list of who has had the title in the past, as chosen in an annual survey of senior editors in ...
Dec 16, 2024
The Canadian Press Newsmakers of the Year, past and present
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is The Canadian Press 2024 Newsmaker of the Year. Here is a list of who has had the title in the past, as chosen in an annual survey of senior editors in ...
Dec 16, 2024
CP NewsAlert: Poilievre is CP Newsmaker of the Year for second year in a row
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been chosen as The Canadian Press Newsmaker of the Year for 2024. It is the second time in a row news editors across the country placed Poilievre at t...
Dec 16, 2024
Middle East latest: Death toll from Israel-Hamas war tops 45,000. Israel strikes Syrian targets
Palestinian health officials said Monday the death toll from the Israel-Hamas war, now in its 14th month, topped 45,000 people. This comes as 52 dead arrived at hospitals across the bombed-out strip o...
Dec 16, 2024
Death toll in Gaza Strip from Israel-Hamas war tops 45,000, Palestinians say
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Health officials in the Gaza Strip say the death toll from the 14-month war between Israel and Hamas militants has topped 45,000 people. The Gaza Health Ministry does ...
Dec 16, 2024
Byelection in Liberal B.C. riding of Cloverdale—Langley City is new test for Trudeau
LANGLEY, B.C. - Voters in the Liberal-held British Columbia riding of Cloverdale-Langley City go to the polls today to pick a new member of Parliament, in another test for Prime Minister Justin Trudea...
Dec 16, 2024
How toxic impact of Mount Polley disaster filters through B.C. waters, 10 years later
Former Xatsull First Nation chief Bev Sellars recalls an emergency meeting after the Mount Polley Mine disaster, where elders were in tears as they thought of fish swimming through the toxic waste tha...
Dec 16, 2024
'Smoke and mirrors': Quebec residents feel abandoned after August flooding
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has made payments in less than 10 per cent of the nearly 10,000 claims it has received since the remnants of Hurricane Debby hit the province in August, causing severe...
Dec 16, 2024