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Former CFL player, commissioner Larry Smith tops 2023 Hall of Fame class
TORONTO - Larry Smith, a former CFL player who later served as league commissioner and president of the Montreal Alouettes, headlines the Canadian Football Hall of Fame's 2023 class. Also named for in...
Mar 16, 2023
NDP praises David Johnston, as Tory, Bloc bemoan interference watchdog appointment
OTTAWA - Opposition parties continue to call for a public inquiry into foreign interference, but the NDP is welcoming Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's choice of a special rapporteur. On Wednesday, Trud...
Mar 16, 2023
A look at police officers recently killed on the job across Canada
Edmonton police say two patrol officers have been killed while responding to a call. Six other police officers have been killed in Canada since September 2022. Here's a look at their cases and who the...
Mar 16, 2023
Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal from media over Quebec secret trial
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says it will hear an appeal from the media over a so-called secret trial involving a police informant held in Quebec. The high court said today it has agreed to he...
Mar 16, 2023
Lethbridge College signs Buffalo Treaty
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge College is the latest post-secondary institution to sign the Buffalo Treaty.The college signed the treaty at a ceremony opening the annual Stone Pipe Days on Wednesday, Mar...
Mar 16, 2023
Canada will hold special ceremony to mark May 6 coronation of King Charles: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will hold a special ceremony marking the coronation of King Charles on May 6. The ceremony in Ottawa will be one of several events held over two days...
Mar 16, 2023
Poland plans to grant Ukraine's request for fighter jets
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland's president says his country plans to give Ukraine a dozen MiG-29 fighter jets, becoming the first NATO member country to fulfill the Ukrainian government's increasingly u...
Mar 16, 2023
Yellen to tell Congress US banking system 'remains sound'
WASHINGTON (AP) - A week after the second-largest bank collapse in U.S. history, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is set to tell the Senate Finance Committee that the nation's banking system "remains s...
Mar 16, 2023
Pentagon shows footage of aircraft dumping fuel on US drone
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - The Pentagon has released footage of what it says is a Russian aircraft conducting an unsafe intercept of a U.S. Air Force surveillance drone in international airspace over the Bl...
Mar 16, 2023
Legault to visit Quebec town reeling from vehicle attack : In The News for Mar. 16
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 Mar. 16 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Mar 16, 2023