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Quebec college facing $30M fine over English student enrolment postpones 1st day
MONTREAL - A Quebec college facing a $30-million fine for enrolling too many students in English-language programs is suspending the first day of classes on Monday. LaSalle College says in a statement...
Aug 23, 2025

Mirra Andreeva, Vicky Mboko, João Fonseca and Learner Tien are teens to watch at the US Open
NEW YORK (AP) - There is a fascination in all sports - all walks of life, maybe - with young stars, those such as tennis player Mirra Andreeva, a Russian who is still only 18 yet already has been a Gr...
Aug 23, 2025

Firefighting efforts continue in Atlantic Canada as large storm passes offshore
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Department of Natural Resources says a large wildfire in the Annapolis Valley remains out of control and is still estimated at more than 32 square kilometres in size. In a soci...
Aug 23, 2025

Minister's office reviewing tribunal order on First Nations child welfare
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty's office says she is reviewing a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal order for parties involved in a decade-long First Nations child welfare case to r...
Aug 23, 2025

US seeks to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda after he refused to plead guilty in smuggling case
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Immigration officials said they intend to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, after he declined an offer to be deported to Costa Rica in exchange for remaining in jail and p...
Aug 23, 2025

When heat and drought stress trees, the consequences can be tragic
Sometimes it happens without any more warning than the sound of cracking. A tree physiologist said that several years of repeated drought in British Columbia mixed with heat stress increased the likel...
Aug 23, 2025

For trappers, the land is their office — wildfires have them bracing for the worst
WINNIPEG - Some trappers are expecting "catastrophic losses" to their food and financial security this year, as Canada's second-worst wildfire season on record sent swaths of remote boreal forest up i...
Aug 23, 2025

'It's ridiculous': Why some Canadian youth feel ready to tap out of tipping culture
EDMONTON - Ren Alva is no stranger to leaving a good tip. The Edmonton university student believes in tipping service workers for a job well done, even leaving more during the holidays and after speci...
Aug 23, 2025

Contributing to war and peace: Canada's role in Ukraine explained
OTTAWA - Ottawa is watching closely as U.S. President Donald Trump attempts to play peacemaker in the war in Ukraine. Canada has volunteered to play a role in helping maintain peace in Ukraine, if a c...
Aug 23, 2025

Advocates against HIV criminalization decry Carney silence on reform Trudeau promised
OTTAWA - HIV activists say there is mounting frustration in communities affected by the virus, amid near-silence from the federal government nearly 10 years after the Liberals pledged to reform laws s...
Aug 23, 2025