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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith opposes assisted-dying expansion as Ottawa eyes delay
OTTAWA - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office says the province objects to Ottawa's plan to extend eligibility for medically assisted death to people whose sole underlying condition is a mental ill...
Jan 30, 2023
Tamil groups ask Ottawa to bring Sri Lanka officials to International Criminal Court
OTTAWA - Tamil diaspora groups are praising Ottawa's sanctions on Sri Lanka officials, while asking Canada to bring that country to international tribunals. Ottawa sanctioned four high-ranking officia...
Jan 30, 2023
CP NewsAlert: Hockey Hall of Fame Bobby Hull dies at 84
Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Hull has died at age 84, according to sources. More coming. The Canadian Press
Jan 30, 2023
Ottawa Redblacks sign Canadian offensive lineman Drew Desjarlais to two-year contract
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks signed Canadian offensive lineman Drew Desjarlais to a two-year contract Monday. Desjarlais, 25, of Belle River, Ont., spent the '22 season with New England Patriots and ...
Jan 30, 2023
Girl, 6, dead after accident at ski resort north of Montreal on Sunday
MONTREAL - A young girl is dead after an accident at a ski resort on Sunday morning north of Montreal. Police say the six-year-old died after suffering injuries at the Val-Saint-Cme ski resort while u...
Jan 30, 2023
Tropical storm leaves 30 dead, 20 missing in Madagascar
ANTANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) - Flooding and landslides caused by the passage of tropical storm Cheneso across Madagascar caused 30 deaths, left 20 people missing and affected tens of thousands across t...
Jan 30, 2023
Canadian talent added to Apple's MLS Season Pass broadcast crew
Canadians Patrice Bernier, Kaylyn Kyle, Ross Smith and Matt Cullen will be part of Apple's MLS Season Pass broadcast team. Apple and Major League Soccer announced some of their broadcast personnel ear...
Jan 30, 2023
Gymnastics will be at centre of status of women meeting in Ottawa
OTTAWA - Ian Moss, the embattled CEO of Gymnastics Canada, and Sarah-Eve Pelletier, Canada's first sport integrity commissioner, will have the floor today in Ottawa. Moss and Pelletier are among those...
Jan 30, 2023
Firing of Memphis police officers signals progress, but also need for change: experts
Canadian experts and advocates say the firing and charging of the five Memphis, Tenn., officers who beat a Black man to death during a traffic stop suggests there's been societal progress in holding p...
Jan 30, 2023
In The News for Jan. 30 : Debating the privatization of 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 Jan. 30 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Jan 30, 2023