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Share of students in French schools rises in Quebec over last two decades: watchdog
MONTREAL - A new study from Quebec's language watchdog shows the proportion of anglophone students attending French schools has nearly doubled in the last two decades, from around 18 per cent in 2000 ...
Dec 20, 2023

Alouettes ink GM Maciocia, head coach Maas to long-term extensions after Grey Cup win
MONTREAL - The Grey Cup-champion Montreal Alouettes have signed general manager Danny Maciocia and head coach Jason Maas to long-term contract extensions. Maciocia signed a four-year contract through ...
Dec 20, 2023

Quebec labour unions threaten unlimited strike in new year if no deal is reac
MONTREAL - Four Quebec public sector unions representing hundreds of thousands of workers say they will launch an unlimited strike early in the new year if they don't reach a deal with the government....
Dec 20, 2023

Boston mayor apologizes to Black men wrongly accused in 1989 murder that shone spotlight on racism
BOSTON (AP) - Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued a formal apology Wednesday to two Black men who were wrongly accused in a 1989 murder of a white woman, a case that coarsened divisions in a city long spl...
Dec 20, 2023

Canadian throwers stole the show in 2023 with historic world athletics performances
Canada threw itself onto the track and field map - quite literally - with some history-making performances at the 2023 world athletics championships. Ethan Katzberg and Camryn Rogers won the men's and...
Dec 20, 2023

Editors explain why they chose wildfires as Canadian news story of the year
Canadian wildfires were the first choice for The Canadian Press news story of the year, as voted by editors in newsrooms across the country. Here is a sampling of comments from editors who identified ...
Dec 20, 2023

Hamas says its top leader has arrived in Cairo for talks on the war in Gaza
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Hamas' top leader arrived in Cairo on Wednesday for talks on the war in Gaza, the militant group said in a statement. The visit by Ismail Haniyeh came a day after Hama...
Dec 20, 2023

Canadian with parents in Gaza fears illness might kill them amid terrible conditions
Ahmed Abudaya worries that even if near-constant airstrikes don't kill his parents, the respiratory and bacterial infections spreading rapidly among displaced civilians in Gaza just might. The Alberta...
Dec 20, 2023

Pharmacare not the top health priority for most Canadians: survey
OTTAWA - As Liberals and New Democrats negotiate what a future national drug plan should look like, a new survey suggests pharmacare is not at the top of the priority list for most Canadians. The surv...
Dec 20, 2023

'A front row to our funeral': Canadian local news coverage erodes in 2023
Jessica Wallace stood in Ottawa's Rideau Hall in June as she and her co-workers at the British Columbia newspaper Kamloops This Week were recognized as finalists for the Michener Award, a top journali...
Dec 20, 2023