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Feds offer additional money to disaster response groups as climate change worsens
OTTAWA - Canadian humanitarian groups that need to deploy on a moment's notice when disasters strike will receive new funding from Ottawa to ensure they are ready when they are needed. The Canadian Re...
Jul 11, 2023
Montreal Canadiens sign forward Alex Newhook to four-year contract extension
BROSSARD, Que. - The Montreal Canadiens have signed forward Alex Newhook to a four-year contract extension, the team announced Tuesday. The deal carries an annual average value of $2.9 million. Newhoo...
Jul 11, 2023
Southbound surges of U.S. agents causing delays, 'disarray' at Canada-U.S. border
WASHINGTON - Members of Congress are growing concerned about what they say is a shortage of agents on the southern side of the Canada-U.S. border. New York Democrat Rep. Brian Higgins says Customs and...
Jul 11, 2023
Olympic champion Caster Semenya wins appeal against testosterone rules at human rights court
Double Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya won an appeal against track and field's testosterone rules on Tuesday when the European Court of Human Rights ruled she had been discriminated against. Th...
Jul 11, 2023
Olympic champion Caster Semenya wins appeal against testosterone rules at human rights court
Double Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya won an appeal against track and field's testosterone rules on Tuesday when the European Court of Human Rights ruled she had been discriminated against. Th...
Jul 11, 2023
In the news today: Trudeau at NATO summit, new announcement from ethics watchdog
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Canada lags behind allies as NATO plans to increase defence spending targets Pr...
Jul 11, 2023
Canada lags behind allies as NATO plans to increase defence spending targets
VILNIUS, Lithuania - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has made no secret of the fact that he wants more from member nations at this year's leaders' summit. Exactly how much more is still a matt...
Jul 11, 2023
'Seeing is believing': VR project immerses viewers in climate change on Yukon island
HERSCHEL ISLAND, YUKON - Surrounded by chirping birds, buzzing mosquitoes and waves gently lapping on the shore, viewers travel through time, witnessing a permafrost thaw slump, rising floodwaters and...
Jul 11, 2023
First Nations chiefs gather in Halifax to hear from new interim chief after ousting
HALIFAX - Hundreds of Indigenous leaders are gathering today in Halifax for the start of the Assembly of First Nations annual general assembly, where they will hear from their new interim national chi...
Jul 11, 2023
Corporate ethics czar starting human-rights probes around Canadian imports from China
Ottawa's corporate-ethics watchdog is set to announce multiple investigations into whether Canadian companies are importing products made through human-rights abuses in China, a move advocates have so...
Jul 11, 2023