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Military investigating after Canadian soldier dies in Iraq
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces says it is investigating the death of a Winnipeg-based soldier who was serving in Iraq. Capt. Eric Cheung, 38, died Saturday under what the military is calling "non-...
Nov 07, 2022
Presidential push: Biden, Obama, Trump stump before Tuesday's midterm elections
WASHINGTON - Presidents past and present are making one final push as the 2022 U.S. midterm election campaigns finally approach the finish line. Joe Biden and Barack Obama reunited the 2008 Democratic...
Nov 07, 2022
Rihanna talks motherhood, Super Bowl: 'It was now or never'
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - Rihanna knew that if she was going to return to the stage less than a year after giving birth to her first child, the performance would have to top anything she'd done befor...
Nov 07, 2022
Local referee selected to work World U17 Hockey Challenge
It's been something on his bucket list for quite a long time, and now, he finally gets to cross it off.Ty Skene has officiated games across Saskatchewan in leagues of all ages. Ranging from minor hock...
Nov 07, 2022
Health ministers meeting, Emergencies Act inquiry continues : In The News for Nov. 7
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 Nov. 7 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Nov 07, 2022
Provincial and territorial health ministers meeting with federal counterpart in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Canada's health ministers are set to meet in British Columbia this week, four months after premiers from across the country gathered in Victoria to show a united front of frustration over ...
Nov 07, 2022
Windsor mayor, Mendicino texted about Emergencies Act before it was invoked: document
OTTAWA - The mayor of Windsor, Ont., will testify today at a public inquiry into the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act to clear 'Freedom Convoy' protesters blockading streets around Parl...
Nov 07, 2022
'We are resilient': Hay River, N.W.T., still recovering months after historic flood
HAY RIVER, N.W.T. - Kandis Jameson remembers hearing trees on the shore of the Hay River "snapping like toothpicks" as water levels quickly rose this spring. "It was the eeriest feeling," the mayor of...
Nov 07, 2022
Quebec's highest court to begin hearing appeals on provincial secularism law
MONTREAL - Quebec's highest court is set to begin hearing appeals on the constitutionality of the province's secularism law, known as Bill 21. Both the Quebec government and groups opposing the law ar...
Nov 07, 2022
Monkeypox 'almost eradicated' in Montreal, once epicentre of virus outbreak in Canada
MONTREAL - Once the epicentre of Canada's monkeypox outbreak, Montreal has almost eradicated the virus on its territory, according to doctors in the city - but they warn it's too early to declare vict...
Nov 07, 2022
