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Prairies stand to benefit the most from boost to immigration target: Desjardins
OTTAWA - A new Desjardins report suggests Canada's immigration target increase could spur economic growth, with the Prairies standing to benefit the most. Principal economist Marc Desormeaux says his ...
Feb 08, 2023

'Serious injuries' as bus crashes into daycare in Montreal suburb, driver arrested
LAVAL, Que. - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says there are "serious injuries" after a city bus crashed into a daycare Wednesday morning in a suburb north of Montreal. Public Security Minister Franois...
Feb 08, 2023

'Sprint to the end': Wild Western Conference still up for grabs
Nathan MacKinnon still sees a path to the top. Such is Western Conference life in 2022-23. MacKinnon and his Colorado Avalanche - the reigning Stanley Cup champions pummeled by injuries in the first h...
Feb 08, 2023

Defence, innovation ministers team up to sell D.C. on merits of working with Canada
WASHINGTON - Canada's defence and economic development ministers are in the U.S. capital this week to remind lawmakers and military contractors about the economic virtues of cross-border collaboration...
Feb 08, 2023

Siakam, Barnes ignoring trade deadline speculation as Raptors could be sellers
TORONTO - After seven seasons with the Toronto Raptors, Pascal Siakam is over trade deadline speculation. "At the end of the day, we know what it is. What's the point of us coming here and talking eve...
Feb 08, 2023

Canada's Katie Cranston to make NCAA tournament debut at Nexus Collegiate event
Katie Cranston was faced with a difficult decision after getting status on the Epson Tour - should she turn pro or go to school? She chose Auburn University over the second-tier women's professional g...
Feb 08, 2023

Caution urged as mining companies eye critical minerals below Quebec boreal forest
MONTREAL - About one million square kilometres of Quebec is covered by boreal forest, roughly 70 per cent of the entire province. In the north, where ecosystems are less likely to have been altered by...
Feb 08, 2023

South Korean lawmakers impeach minister over crowd crush
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's opposition-controlled parliament on Wednesday voted to impeach the country's interior and safety minister, Lee Sang-min, holding him responsible for government ...
Feb 08, 2023

In The News for Feb. 8: Will the premiers say yes to the feds' health care offer?
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 Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023 ... What we are watchi...
Feb 08, 2023

Federal health minister to write to provinces seeking agreement on new health deal
OTTAWA - Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos will ask the provinces today whether or not they intend to accept the new health-care funding deal tabled by the prime minister. Duclos and Mental Hea...
Feb 08, 2023