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Some members of Parliament, ministers assigned police protection as security tightens
OTTAWA - A Conservative MP whose Toronto office was vandalized this week is among several federal politicians under visible police protection on Parliament Hill. Melissa Lantsman's Thornhill office wa...
Feb 15, 2024

Prime minister and Manitoba premier expected to finalize health deal
WINNIPEG - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to sign a health-care agreement with Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew on Thursday. The two governments agreed in principle last year on a plan that would...
Feb 15, 2024

Prince Edward Island signs exclusive tourism marketing deal with NHL
CHARLOTTETOWN - Canada's smallest province is looking to boost its tourism profile through a deal with the National Hockey League. The agreement announced Tuesday designates Tourism Prince Edward Isla...
Feb 15, 2024

Kylian Mbappe has told PSG he will leave at the end of the season, AP source says
Kylian Mbappe has told Paris Saint-Germain he will leave the club at the end of the season, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Thursday. The person spoke on conditio...
Feb 15, 2024

Relationship between DA Fani Willis and Nathan Wade started years earlier than claimed, witness says
ATLANTA (AP) - A former friend and co-worker of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis testified Thursday that Willis' personal relationship with a special prosecutor began before she hired him t...
Feb 15, 2024

Toronto FC signs forward Charlie Sharp, a 2023 draft pick, to a TFC II contract
Toronto FC has signed 2023 draft choice Charlie Sharp to a contract with TFC II of the MLS Next Pro League. Toronto took the 22-year-old forward from Brighton, Mich., in the third round (61st overall)...
Feb 15, 2024

'Economic reconciliation': Mi'kmaw communities invest in Nova Scotia battery plants
OTTAWA - A corporation co-owned by 13 Mi'kmaw communities is investing in new battery plants with Nova Scotia Power, in what both parties are calling a step toward reconciliation. The Indigenous-run a...
Feb 15, 2024

Inadequate security led to federal breach that compromised Canadians' info: watchdog
OTTAWA - The federal privacy watchdog says government departments lacked adequate protections to prevent a cyberbreach that compromised the sensitive information of tens of thousands of Canadians. In ...
Feb 15, 2024

New Brunswick RCMP searching for missing 64-year-old ice sailor on Shediac Bay
GRANDE-DIGUE, N.B. - A search is continuing today for a 64-year-old New Brunswick man who was last seen Wednesday ice sailing on Shediac Bay. Shediac RCMP say the last known whereabouts of Daniel Robi...
Feb 15, 2024

B.C. wine grapes facing up to 99% production drop due to January cold snap
KELOWNA, B.C. - A new report says British Columbia's wine industry is anticipating "catastrophic crop losses" of up to 99 per cent of typical grape production due to January's intense cold snap. A Feb...
Feb 15, 2024