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Elections Canada announces vote recount in Quebec riding of Trois-Rivières
OTTAWA - Elections Canada says there will be a recount in a Quebec riding where the Bloc Qubcois narrowly fought off the Conservatives. The judicial recount will start today in Trois-Rivires, where th...
Oct 05, 2021
Hoilett, Wotherspoon to miss Canada's CONCACAF World Cup qualifying game in Mexico
Canada will be without forward Junior Hoilett and midfielder David Wotherspoon for Thursday's CONCACAF World Cup qualifying game in Mexico. The two British-based players - Hoilett is with England's Re...
Oct 05, 2021
Canada invokes pipeline treaty with U.S. in dispute over Line 5 pipeline
OTTAWA - Canada is formally invoking a 1977 pipeline treaty with the United States in a bid to prevent Michigan from turning off the taps to Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline.The dispute stems from a nearly ...
Oct 05, 2021
As small business sentiment drops, Liberals pressed to give benefits extra life
OTTAWA - A group representing thousands of small businesses countrywide says its members are increasingly sour on their financial prospects, underlined by uncertainty over the fate of federal pandemic...
Oct 05, 2021
Canada to play Portugal, Belgium in rugby test matches in November
TORONTO - The Canadian men's rugby team will play Portugal and Belgium during the November test window. The tour will take the 21st-ranked Canadians to No. 19 Portugal on Nov. 6 and No. 27 Belgium on ...
Oct 05, 2021
Caster Semenya working on memoir, 'Silence All the Noise'
NEW YORK (AP) - Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya is working on a book about her triumphs as a runner and her experiences as an intersex woman with naturally high testosterone levels, including her...
Oct 05, 2021
Nobel physics prize goes to 3 for climate discoveries
STOCKHOLM (AP) - The Nobel Prize for physics has been awarded to scientists from Japan, Germany and Italy. Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann were cited for their work in "the physical modeling of Ea...
Oct 05, 2021
Erin O'Toole faces caucus, Echaquan findings addressed: In The News for Oct. 5, 2021
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 Oct. 5 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Oct 05, 2021
French report: 330,000 children victims of church sex abuse
PARIS (AP) - A major French report released Tuesday found that an estimated 330,000 children were victims of sex abuse within France's Catholic Church over the past 70 years, in France's first major r...
Oct 05, 2021
Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole faces first caucus meeting after election loss
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole will face his caucus today for the first time since his party's disappointing election defeat two weeks ago. The 119 Conservative MPs are set to gather in per...
Oct 05, 2021