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Ottawa to spend $2.5 billion on small vessels as it replaces aging Coast Guard fleet
OTTAWA - The federal government says it will invest $2.5 billion in new money to renew the Canadian Coast Guard's fleet of small vessels. The coast guard plans to acquire up to 61 small vessels, inclu...
May 25, 2023
Canadian rider Derek Gee records his fifth top-five finish at Giro d'Italia
VAL DI ZOLDO, Italy - Canadian Derek Gee finished fourth in Stage 18 of the Giro d'Italia on Thursday, his fourth top-five finish in his first Grand Tour event. The 25-year-old from Ottawa, riding for...
May 25, 2023
Canada beats host Finland 4-1 to reach semifinals at world hockey championship
TAMPERE, Finland - Canada is moving on to the semifinals at the world hockey championship. Jack Quinn, Samuel Blais, Michael Carcone and Tyler Toffoli scored as Canada defeated Finland 4-1 today at th...
May 25, 2023
Israeli cabinet minister's unofficial visit comes amid strained relations
OTTAWA - An Israeli cabinet minister's plan to visit Canada next week comes amid an already turbulent relationship between Ottawa and that country's far-right government. Diaspora Affairs Minister Ami...
May 25, 2023
Environmental groups launch legal challenge against B.C.'s Roberts Bank port project
VANCOUVER - Five environmental groups have launched a combined legal challenge against the port expansion plan at Roberts Bank, south of Vancouver, that was approved by the federal government last mon...
May 25, 2023
Province celebrates opening of new hemodialysis unit in Meadow Lake
Dialysis patients in northwest Saskatchewan now have hemodialysis services closer to their communities. The new six-bed satellite unit has opened in the Northwest Health Facility in Meadow Lake. The u...
May 25, 2023
Singh asks Trudeau for certain conditions before getting security clearance
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is asking the prime minister to allow more members of his party to briefed on foreign interference attempts, after the leaders of the Conservatives and Bloc Qubcois d...
May 25, 2023
Power of 2023 Atlantic hurricanes depends on outcome of El Niño versus global warming
HALIFAX - The Canadian Hurricane Centre says forecasting the ferocity of hurricanes off Canada's East Coast this year is difficult because of competing factors in the global climate. Meteorologist Bob...
May 25, 2023
Quebec will require economic immigrants to speak French before arriving: Legault
Quebec Premier Franois Legault says the province will require that the vast majority of economic immigrants to Quebec speak French before they arrive. Sixty-five per cent of immigrants to Quebec come ...
May 25, 2023
Quebec provincial police conduct raid in Mohawk community of Kanesatake
QUEBEC - Investigators with the Quebec provincial police's financial crimes unit are conducting searches in a Mohawk community near Montreal. The Mohawk Council of Kanesatake says provincial police ar...
May 25, 2023