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Lions will have to be better against the run in playoff versus Stampeders
The B.C. Lions have had time to think about this one. B.C. (12-6) hosts Calgary (6-12) in the West Division semifinal Saturday, with the winner advancing to the conference final against the Winnipeg B...
Nov 01, 2023
No Canadians among hundreds of foreigners preparing to exit Gaza Strip
TORONTO - No Canadian citizens have been included in a list of more than 400 foreign nationals who would be permitted to leave Gaza for the first time since Israel launched its retaliatory war on Hama...
Nov 01, 2023
Messi's trip to China for a pair of Inter Miami exhibition games called off
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Lionel Messi evidently won't be playing in China this month after all. Inter Miami announced Wednesday that its planned trip to China for a pair of exhibition matches has ...
Nov 01, 2023
Freeland to meet with provincial finance ministers on possible Alberta CPP withdrawal
OTTAWA, ON - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says she will meet provincial and territorial finance ministers later this week to discuss the possibility of Alberta's withdrawal from the Canada Pensi...
Nov 01, 2023
Alberta moves to strengthen legislation before proposed opioid class-action lawsuit
EDMONTON, AB - The Alberta government has introduced updated legislation that it says would help make sure anyone who contributed to the opioid addiction crisis is held responsible.Dan Williams, the m...
Nov 01, 2023
Mother of peacekeeper killed in Bosnia is this year's Silver Cross Mother
OTTAWA - Chris Holopina called his mom in Manitoba every single week while he was deployed in Bosnia in 1996. At 23, he was doing exactly what he'd always wanted to do: serving in the Canadian Armed F...
Nov 01, 2023
In the news today: Vancouver man worries for family as Israeli airstrikes target Gaza
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Vancouver man says his family in Gaza has no water A Vancouver resident says hi...
Nov 01, 2023
China critic says he's the target of deepfake 'spamouflage' attack by Beijing
VANCOUVER - The YouTube video appears to show a person who looks like Liu Xin making unfounded remarks about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, saying among other things that "he is a man who loves porn."...
Nov 01, 2023
Tories hold lead over Liberals, Canadians report limited trust in institutions: poll
OTTAWA - The Conservative party is maintaining a steady lead over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals, a new poll suggests, at a time when Canadians are reporting limited trust in their instituti...
Nov 01, 2023
Reasons for releasing Chinatown stabbing suspect should be public: B.C. Review Board
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia man accused of a triple stabbing in Vancouver's Chinatown in September has lost his bid to seal a document that identified him as a "significant threat" before he was re...
Nov 01, 2023