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Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland quits cabinet the day of fall economic statement
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has resigned from cabinet, the day she is set to present the fall economic statement. In a resignation letter, she says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offere...
Dec 16, 2024
Middle East latest: Death toll from Israel-Hamas war tops 45,000. Israel strikes Syrian targets
Palestinian health officials said Monday the death toll from the Israel-Hamas war, now in its 14th month, topped 45,000 people. This comes as 52 dead arrived at hospitals across the bombed-out strip o...
Dec 16, 2024
Death toll in Gaza Strip from Israel-Hamas war tops 45,000, Palestinians say
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Health officials in the Gaza Strip say the death toll from the 14-month war between Israel and Hamas militants has topped 45,000 people. The Gaza Health Ministry does ...
Dec 16, 2024
In the news today: Canada Post operations to resume Tuesday: company
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Canada Post operations to resume Tuesday: company Mail will begin moving again on Tuesday as Canada Post emplo...
Dec 16, 2024
Byelection in Liberal B.C. riding of Cloverdale—Langley City is new test for Trudeau
LANGLEY, B.C. - Voters in the Liberal-held British Columbia riding of Cloverdale-Langley City go to the polls today to pick a new member of Parliament, in another test for Prime Minister Justin Trudea...
Dec 16, 2024
Canada's premiers meet in Toronto to talk tariffs, trade and health care
TORONTO - Canada's premiers are meeting in Toronto today, and cross-border trade is topping the agenda, on the heels of a tariff threat from U.S. president-elect Donald Trump. Trump is threatening to ...
Dec 16, 2024
How toxic impact of Mount Polley disaster filters through B.C. waters, 10 years later
Former Xatsull First Nation chief Bev Sellars recalls an emergency meeting after the Mount Polley Mine disaster, where elders were in tears as they thought of fish swimming through the toxic waste tha...
Dec 16, 2024
'Smoke and mirrors': Quebec residents feel abandoned after August flooding
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has made payments in less than 10 per cent of the nearly 10,000 claims it has received since the remnants of Hurricane Debby hit the province in August, causing severe...
Dec 16, 2024
Ottawa to unveil economic update detailing deficit, new border security package
OTTAWA - The Liberal government in Ottawa is set to unveil its fall economic update today, its first spending package since Donald Trump won the November presidential election. Ottawa is expected to b...
Dec 16, 2024
Justin Trudeau's cabinet meets ahead of FES; Fraser won't seek re-election
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is holding a cabinet meeting this morning ahead of the release of his government's fall economic statement. The meeting comes amid news that his federal Housing ...
Dec 16, 2024