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France flies out 2 Mirage fighter jets from Chad to signal beginning of military withdrawal
PARIS (AP) - France flew out the two Mirage fighter jets it had stationed in Chad on Tuesday, signaling the beginning of the withdrawal of its military forces from the former French colony in Central ...
Dec 10, 2024
MLSE's Tanenbaum, Franco-Nevada's Lassonde named to Canadian Business Hall of Fame
TORONTO - Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment chair Larry Tanenbaum and former Rio Tinto Alcan chief executive Jacynthe Ct are among those named to the Canadian Business Hall of Fame today. Tanenbaum ...
Dec 10, 2024
Felix Auger-Aliassime and doubles star Gabriela Dabrowski win Tennis Canada awards
TORONTO - Felix Auger-Aliassime and doubles star Gabriela Dabrowski were named Tennis Canada's players of the year on Tuesday. Auger-Aliassime, the world No. 29 from Montreal, was also named men's sin...
Dec 10, 2024
Freeland doesn't commit to meeting her own deficit target in fall economic statement
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is not committing to meeting the $40.1-billion deficit target she set for the government last year. Freeland says she expects the fall economic statement, w...
Dec 10, 2024
Trump taunts Trudeau as governor of the 'Great State of Canada'
OTTAWA - Donald Trump referred to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the governor of the "Great State of Canada," doubling down on taunting comments the U.S. president-elect reportedly made during a rec...
Dec 10, 2024
Negotiations over the war in Ukraine could start 'in the winter,' Poland's leader Tusk says
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday that negotiations over the war in neighboring Ukraine could start "in the winter," as his country prepares to take over the rotat...
Dec 10, 2024
Negotiations over the war in Ukraine could start 'in the winter,' Poland's leader Tusk says
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday that negotiations over the war in neighboring Ukraine could start "in winter," as his country prepares to take over the rotating ...
Dec 10, 2024
Israel's Netanyahu takes the stand in long-running corruption trial
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the stand on Tuesday in his long-running trial for alleged corruption, setting off what's expected to be a weekslong spectacle th...
Dec 10, 2024
AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton to receive Nobel Prize in physics today
British Canadian computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton and co-laureate John Hopfield are set to receive their Nobel Prize for physics at a ceremony in Stockholm today. Hinton and Hopfield are being given...
Dec 10, 2024
With employees in limbo, TikTok hoping for 'solution' to Ottawa's shutdown order
OTTAWA - The Liberal government's move to order the shutdown of TikTok's Canadian operations over national security concerns has left hundreds of the company's Canadian employees in limbo. Ottawa hasn...
Dec 10, 2024