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Advocates criticize slow expansion of needle exchange program in federal prisons
OTTAWA - Health advocates say the federal prison needle exchange program is failing because of a poor rollout by the Correctional Service and a lack of improvement since it was introduced four years a...
Dec 01, 2022
Suspicious package found at US Embassy in Spain amid probe
MADRID (AP) - Spanish officials say a suspicious package has been discovered at the U.S. Embassy in Madrid and placed under police control. The finding on Thursday came as police reported a wave of ex...
Dec 01, 2022
Harvest sample program deadline extended
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) has extended the deadline of its Harvest Sample Program.The voluntary program offers analytical services to grain producers and grain companies at ...
Dec 01, 2022
In The News for Dec. 1: Canada gains on U.S. in permanent resident race
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 Dec. 1 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Dec 01, 2022
Canada-Morocco: Montreal's Moroccans cheering both teams in today's World Cup match
MONTREAL - Members of Montreal's Moroccan community are packing bars and cafs across the city today for the Canada-Morocco match at the World Cup in Qatar. The excitement will be particularly palpable...
Dec 01, 2022
McCormack, Da Silva Rondeau among individuals testifying for Status of Women study
OTTAWA - Soccer player Ciara McCormack and boxer Myriam Da Silva Rondeau will have the floor today in Ottawa. McCormack and Da Silva Rondeau are among the women testifying before members of Parliament...
Dec 01, 2022
Canada-Morocco: Montreal's Moroccans cheering both teams in today's World Cup match
MONTREAL - Members of Montreal's Moroccan community are packing bars and cafs across the city today for the Canada-Morocco match at the World Cup in Qatar. The excitement will be particularly palpable...
Dec 01, 2022
Pandemic, slower U.S. migration see Canada closing gap with U.S. in workforce race
WASHINGTON - Since the global onset of COVID-19, Canada has been gradually closing the gap with the United States when it comes to attracting and keeping an important economic prize: new permanent res...
Dec 01, 2022
HIV activists hope World AIDS Day marks an end to backsliding on infections, stigma
OTTAWA - HIV activists are marking World AIDS Day by urging Ottawa to help stop a global backslide in progress on stemming infections and stigma. "It's clear to us that this government is seized of th...
Dec 01, 2022
Applications open for dental care benefits touted by Liberals as inflation relief
OTTAWA - Parents can apply with the Canada Revenue Agency starting today to receive the children's dental benefit that the federal Liberals say is intended to provide cost-of-living relief to low-inco...
Dec 01, 2022