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Wildfires threatening nine First Nations in Alberta: Indigenous Services Canada
Indigenous Services Canada says wildfires are threatening nine First Nations in Alberta, including the Little Red River Cree Nation, where more than 100 structures have been lost in the community of F...
May 11, 2023
Agency struggled to get pharma companies to engage in drug-price reform: memo
OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos was warned that pharmaceutical companies had steadfastly refused to engage on drug-price reforms before he urged an independent federal agency to pause those ...
May 11, 2023
RCMP to begin field-testing body cameras ahead of national rollout
OTTAWA - The RCMP says it expects officers in three parts of the country to start field-testing body-worn cameras in the coming days. Members of the RCMP in Nova Scotia, Nunavut and Alberta will have ...
May 11, 2023
Controversy after Quebec teachers replace Mother's Day with celebration of parents
MONTREAL - The controversial decision by teachers at a Quebec school to replace Mother's Day events with a celebration of parents has caused ripples all the way to the provincial legislature, but supp...
May 11, 2023
Efforts underway to improve internet access in Nunavut
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Several projects are underway to improve internet access in Nunavut, which has long been slow, unreliable and costly for many residents. Quintillion and CanArctic Inuit Networks Inc...
May 11, 2023
Are Canada's green corporate subsidies a new race to the bottom or a path to the top?
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals have made it clear that Canada's road to a greener economy will be paved with billions of dollars in corporate subsidies. Proponents say these may be necessary for Canada...
May 11, 2023
Zelenskyy: Ukraine counteroffensive needs more time, launching now would cost too many lives
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country's military needs more time to prepare an anticipated counteroffensive aimed at pushing back Russian occupying forces. Zele...
May 11, 2023
Israel kills another militant commander in Gaza as fighting goes on, truce efforts falter
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip killed a fourth militant commander on Thursday, raising the death toll from the latest burst of fighting to 25. Israel braced for more...
May 11, 2023
War, natural disasters left record 71 million people internally displaced in 2022, report says
The war in Ukraine helped push the global total of people left internally displaced by conflict or natural disasters to a record high of 71.1 million last year, according to a report released Thursday...
May 10, 2023
Stephen Curry, Warriors stave off elimination, force Game 6 by beating Lakers 121-106
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Stephen Curry had 27 points and eight assists, Andrew Wiggins added 25 points, seven rebounds and five assist, and the defending champion Golden State Warriors staved off eliminat...
May 10, 2023