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Overnight rescue dig saves toddler trapped in Thai well
BANGKOK (AP) - An overnight rescue operation successfully retrieved a 19-month-old girl from a dry artesian well shaft Tuesday - 18 hours after she fell into the hole at a cassava farm in northern Tha...
Feb 07, 2023
Cree mother wonders how mining development in northern Quebec will affect food supply
CHISASIBI, Que. - Heather House studies full-time through McGill University's distance education program, and when she is not immersed in books she is raising her eight children with her husband in Ch...
Feb 07, 2023
In The News for Feb. 7: Can the PM appease the country's Premiers on health care?
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 Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023 ... What we are watching...
Feb 07, 2023
Will Biden's second state of the union mark a less protectionist approach to Canada?
WASHINGTON - A new poll suggests a majority of Canadians still see the United States as their country's closest ally, even in an age of isolationism and protectionist policies. The online survey by Le...
Feb 07, 2023
Trudeau to present health-care offer to premiers in long-awaited meeting for new deal
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is joining Canada's premiers at the table today where he is set to offer them a significant increase towards health-care funding. The premiers say they are going...
Feb 07, 2023
Frantic searching in Turkey, Syria after quake kills 4,000
ADANA, Turkey (AP) - Rescuers raced Tuesday to rescue survivors from the rubble of thousands of buildings brought down by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake and multiple aftershocks that struck eastern Turkey...
Feb 06, 2023
Lafreniere scores in OT to lift Rangers over Flames 5-4
NEW YORK (AP) - Alexis Lafreniere scored 1:37 into overtime and Jaroslav Halak made 28 saves as the New York Rangers beat the Calgary Flames 5-4 on Monday night. Lafreniere led a 2-on-1 rush and then ...
Feb 06, 2023
Bratt power-play OT goal gives Devils 5-4 win over Canucks
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Jesper Bratt scored on a power play with 43 seconds left in overtime and the New Jersey Devils beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-4 on Monday night after squandering a three-goal lead. J...
Feb 06, 2023
NBA approves sale of Phoenix Suns, Mercury to Mat Ishbia
PHOENIX (AP) - Mortgage executive and former Michigan State guard Mat Ishbia is the new majority owner of the Phoenix Suns and WNBA's Phoenix Mercury, after the NBA's board of governors approved his p...
Feb 06, 2023
Mendicino: foreign-agent registry would need equity lens, could be part of 'tool box'
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says a registry to track foreign agents operating in Canada can only be implemented in lockstep with diverse communities. "There is a historical context...
Feb 06, 2023