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Fauci, top infectious disease expert, to retire in December
WASHINGTON (AP) - Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert who became a household name - and the subject of partisan attacks - during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Monday he wi...
Aug 22, 2022
U.S. lawmakers, advocates pushing Ottawa to eliminate ArriveCan, open Nexus offices
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers and advocates in the United States are ramping up the pressure on the federal government to ease travel delays between the U.S. and Canada. The Canadian American Business Counci...
Aug 22, 2022
Five questions with Canadian hockey 'golden-goaler' Marie-Philip Poulin
Canadian women's hockey team captain Marie-Philip Poulin is the only hockey player in the world, male or female, to score goals in four straight Olympic hockey finals. The 31-year-old from Beauceville...
Aug 22, 2022
Wildfire smoke prompts air quality alert in northern Sask.
Dry hot weather is leading to more wildfires and some hazy skies in Saskatchewan.Environment Canada issued air quality statements over the weekend and continued them Monday for Lloydminster, Battlefor...
Aug 22, 2022
N.S. shooting inquiry: Senior RCMP member learned of killer's replica car in the news
HALIFAX - The former RCMP commanding officer in Nova Scotia has told the inquiry into the April 2020 mass shooting that she first saw the killer's replica police cruiser in a news report before she we...
Aug 22, 2022
Quebec making progress to protect caribou after warnings from federal government
MONTREAL - The governments of Canada and Quebec say they are confident they can reach a deal to protect endangered caribou populations in the province. The two governments said today in a joint news r...
Aug 22, 2022
Russia's FSB blames Ukrainian intelligence for car bombing
MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's top counterintelligence agency on Monday blamed Ukrainian spy agencies have organized the killing of the daughter of a Russian nationalist ideologue. Russia's Federal Security S...
Aug 22, 2022
Scholz, Trudeau aim to drum up business as German leader visits Montreal and Toronto
MONTREAL - A busy day lies ahead for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during the first full day of the German leader's three-day visit to Canada. The two leaders will st...
Aug 22, 2022
Calm in the chaos: Canadian Medical Association's first Indigenous leader takes helm
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - In a brightly lit surgical room around sunrise, Dr. Alika Lafontaine recounts why he chose to become an anesthesiologist as he fills syringes for his first patient of the day. ...
Aug 22, 2022
Police file terrorism charges against Pakistan's Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistani police have filed terrorism charges against former Prime Minister Imran Khan, authorities said Monday, escalating political tensions in the country as he holds mass rallies ...
Aug 21, 2022
