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Major Quebec nurses union reaches agreement with province for five-year-contract
MONTREAL - After 15 months of negotiations a major nurses union has reached an agreement with the Quebec government for a five-year collective agreement. The proposed deal needs to be put to the 80,00...
Mar 19, 2024

Jets head coach Bowness to be away from team after medical procedure
WINNIPEG - Rick Bowness will not be with the Winnipeg Jets Tuesday night in New York against the Rangers. The Jets announced Tuesday morning that the 69-year-old returned to Winnipeg for a "minor medi...
Mar 19, 2024

Canada's Homan beats Italy's Constantini to remain unbeaten at women's worlds
SYDNEY, N.S. - Canada's Rachel Homan defeated Italy's Stefania Constantini 8-7 in an extra end to remain unbeaten at the world women's curling championship. Homan's Ottawa-based team (5-0) forced the ...
Mar 19, 2024

Mississippi ex-deputy gets 20-year sentence in racially motivated torture of two Black men
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A former Mississippi sheriff's deputy was sentenced Tuesday to about 20 years in prison for his part in torturing two Black men. Hunter Elward received a 241-month sentence from ...
Mar 19, 2024

Alberta had the highest inflation rate in Canada in February
Alberta had the largest increase in inflation over the last year among all Canadian provinces and territories.That is according to Statistics Canada, who reports the Consumer Price Index for the prair...
Mar 19, 2024

Tickets for WNBA game between Sparks and Storm in Edmonton to go on sale Wednesday
Every time Natalie Vermaas walks into Seattle's Climate Pledge Arena to watch the WNBA's Storm play, building and team staff call her "Canada." She expects that will change if she can get tickets to s...
Mar 19, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Auditor 'completely discouraged' by First Nations housing, policing
OTTAWA - The federal auditor general is panning Ottawa's poor record on First Nations housing and policing in reports published this morning. Karen Hogan says she's "completely discouraged" to see so ...
Mar 19, 2024

Infrastructure program falls short on tracking results, but on right path: auditor
Auditor general Karen Hogan says the government's $4.6-billion program to bolster transportation infrastructure across the country suffers from poor results tracking, but the fund is well-crafted over...
Mar 19, 2024

Brazil's Bolsonaro is indicted for first time over alleged falsification of his own vaccination data
SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazil's Federal Police have accused former President Jair Bolsonaro of criminal association and falsifying his own COVID-19 vaccination data, marking the first indictment for the emb...
Mar 19, 2024

Review of priest accused of sexual assaults in Nunavut finds Oblates unaware
An independent review of a priest accused of sexually abusing Inuit children in Nunavut says his Catholic order wasn't aware of the allegations when he returned to France. Retired Superior Court justi...
Mar 19, 2024