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CP NewsAlert: Nova Scotia offering $150,000 reward for information about missing kids
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Justice Department is offering a reward of up to $150,000 for information about the disappearance of two young children in May. The province's justice minister issued a stateme...
Jun 19, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Canada facilitating flights home for citizens leaving Israel, Iran
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand tells The Canadian Press that Canada is helping citizens leave the Middle East when they reach countries neighbouring Israel and Iran. Ottawa is boosting ...
Jun 19, 2025

Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappe hospitalized with gastroenteritis at the Club World Cup
MIAMI (AP) - Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe has been hospitalized with an acute case of gastroenteritis, the Spanish club said Thursday. World Cup winner Mbappe missed Madrid's opening game at the ...
Jun 19, 2025

Ottawa's fiscal watchdog says it's in the dark on Ottawa's fiscal targets
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says he can't properly assess whether the federal government is on track to meet its fiscal targets because the Liberals' new budget benchmarks haven't been d...
Jun 19, 2025

Spain rejects NATO’s anticipated defense spending increase as 'unreasonable'
MADRID (AP) - Spain has rejected a NATO proposal to spend 5% of GDP on defense needs that's due to be announced next week, calling it "unreasonable." In a letter sent Thursday to NATO Secretary-Genera...
Jun 19, 2025

Watchdog recommends up to 100% foreign airline ownership amid low competition
Canada should allow 100 per cent foreign ownership of domestic-only airlines, the Competition Bureau says in a new report highlighting the country's "highly concentrated" aviation industry. In a marke...
Jun 19, 2025

Iranian strike damages a hospital as latest missile barrage wounds dozens in Israel
BEERSHEBA, Israel (AP) - An Iranian missile slammed into the main hospital in southern Israel early Thursday, causing "extensive damage" but no serious injuries, according to the medical facility. Oth...
Jun 19, 2025

One in four Canadians report being affected by extreme weather in last year: poll
OTTAWA - Almost one in four Canadians were directly affected by extreme weather events over the past year, a new poll suggests. The Leger poll - released as Canada copes with its second-worst wildfire...
Jun 19, 2025

Victoria council to receive report tackling declining social order in B.C.'s capital
VICTORIA - A plan with 95 recommendations to address what it calls a "declining social order" in Victoria will appear before councillors today for endorsement and additional financial analysis. Victor...
Jun 19, 2025

Decades after Air India 182 bombing, families fear memories of tragedy are fading
Rob Alexander's father wasn't supposed to be on Air India Flight 182 on June 23, 1985. "My mother had actually booked him on an Air France flight to go see his mother in India," recalled Alexander, wh...
Jun 19, 2025