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CP NewsAlert: At least one dead after fire at Canada's high commission in Nigeria

OTTAWA - At least one person is dead after a fire Monday at Canada's high commission in Nigeria, according to local fire officials. More coming. The Canadian Press <!-- Photo: 20231106111128-654914...

Nov 6, 2023

Trudeau confirms appointment of Alberta judge Mary Moreau to Supreme Court of Canada

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed the appointment of Mary Moreau to the Supreme Court of Canada after nominating her for the post last month. Moreau, who was chief justice of the Court ...

Sheldon Spackman Nov 6, 2023

In the news today: Canadians in Gaza still waiting to cross into Egypt

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... No update on border crossing for Canadians in Gaza Canadians trapped in the Gaz...

Nov 6, 2023

Vancouver man's family in Gaza ponders whether to stay together so they die together

Bombs had scarcely started falling on the Gaza Strip last month when Omar Mansour's family realized they had a crucial question to resolve: would it be better to face death together or apart? One day ...

Nov 6, 2023

Health care, energy costs expected to be focus of premiers meeting in Halifax

HALIFAX - Health care and the effect of carbon pricing measures on the rising cost of living across Canada are slated to take centre stage at today's meeting of the country's premiers and territorial ...

Nov 6, 2023

Hundreds of thousands of Quebec public sector workers on strike today

MONTREAL - Hundreds of thousands of Quebec public sector workers are off the job today in the first of a series of one-day strikes. Schools, health care facilities and social services will all be disr...

Nov 6, 2023

No information on status of border crossing as Canadians wait to flee Gaza

Canadians trapped in the Gaza Strip who were previously told they could be allowed out over the weekend will have to wait longer for escape from the besieged Palestinian territory. The Rafah border cr...

Nov 6, 2023

Premiers to focus on energy costs, health care at Halifax meeting of 13 leaders

The effect of carbon pricing measures on the rising cost of living across Canada is slated to take centre stage at this week's meeting of the country's 13 premiers and territorial leaders in Halifax. ...

Nov 5, 2023

Sex offender in 2011 B.C. child abduction wanted Canada-wide

A high-risk sex offender who abducted a three-year-old boy in 2011 is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant after failing to return to his halfway house in Vancouver. Police say 58-year-old Randall Hopley w...

Nov 5, 2023

'Very duped': Indigenous musicians upset over Buffy Sainte-Marie ancestry revelations

Buffy Sainte-Marie, wearing a shining dress and long necklace, was led on the stage by a group of Indigenous people in traditional regalia after she was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame i...

Nov 5, 2023