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Jean Charest's son reacts after Legault says comparison to ex-premier is 'insulting'
QUEBEC - Jean Charest's son is sticking up for his father after Quebec Premier Franois Legault suggested it's an insult to be compared to the former premier. Antoine Dionne Charest wrote on the X plat...
Oct 25, 2023
Accused RCMP leaker never spoke of doing undercover operations: former colleague
OTTAWA - A former colleague of Cameron Jay Ortis, who is accused of disclosing secrets to people of interest to police, has testified in court that Ortis never mentioned taking part in undercover oper...
Oct 25, 2023
Canadian women's rugby team looks to end losing streak against top-ranked England.
The fourth-ranked Canadian women's rugby team has lost 11 straight to top-ranked England, including three defeats in the last year. Most recently Canada was beaten 50-24 and 29-12 by the Red Roses in ...
Oct 25, 2023
Auger-Aliassime begins Swiss Indoors title defence with win over Riedi
BASEL, Switzerland - Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime started off his defence of his Swiss Indoors tennis title with a dominant 6-3, 6-2 win over Switzerland's Leandro Riedi. Auger-Aliassime, ranked 1...
Oct 25, 2023
Five Lethbridge Hurricanes named "players to watch" by NHL Central Scouting
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The National Hockey League (NHL) has released its 'Preliminary Players to Watch' list, and five Lethbridge Hurricanes are included.NHL Central Scouting identifies players with a ratin...
Oct 25, 2023
Republican Mike Johnson has secured enough votes to become House speaker as ballot draws to a close
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Mike Johnson easily secured enough votes to be elected House speaker on Wednesday, as Republicans were eagerly elevating the little-known conservative leader to the seat of U.S....
Oct 25, 2023
French-language university heads criticize tuition hike for non-Quebec students
MONTREAL - A group of French-language university heads in Quebec is coming to the defence of English schools who say a planned tuition hike for out-of-province students could devastate their finances....
Oct 25, 2023
Drought reveals cracks in Canada-U.S. Columbia River Treaty as B.C. lake dries up
Victoria Youmans says she hasn't seen Arrow Lakes Reservoir looking so low in more than 20 years. The resident of Nakusp on the shores of the reservoir in British Columbia's southern Interior says she...
Oct 25, 2023
'It's grim:' Community devastated by shooting deaths in Sault Ste. Marie
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. - Halloween decorations still fluttered from the front porch of a home in Sault Ste. Marie where three children were found shot dead this week, the youngest victims of a rampage...
Oct 25, 2023
Health-care standards not met at Alberta correctional centre, report finds
EDMONTON - Alberta's public interest commissioner has found what he calls "serious lapses" in medical care at a provincial correctional centre. Kevin Brezinski's investigation, responding to a whistle...
Oct 25, 2023