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One-third of households say they're financially worse off compared to year ago: poll
OTTAWA - A new poll finds one-third of Canadian households say their financial situation has worsened over the last year. According to a Leger poll commissioned by the Association for Canadian Studies...
Feb 07, 2023

Three Great Performances Coming to Christopher Lake
Look forward to three great concerts coming up at the Gary Anderson Community Centre in Christopher Lake with the Timberline Muisic Productions LIVE at the Broda Lounge Concert Series featuring Tommy ...
Feb 07, 2023

Ottawa spending $2M for international commission to offer advice on unmarked graves
Ottawa is spending $2 million for an international organization to provide First Nations with options around identifying possible human remains buried near residential schools. A statement from the of...
Feb 07, 2023

Overnight rescue dig saves toddler trapped in Thai well
BANGKOK (AP) - An overnight rescue operation successfully retrieved a 19-month-old girl from a dry artesian well shaft Tuesday - 18 hours after she fell into the hole at a cassava farm in northern Tha...
Feb 07, 2023

Cree mother wonders how mining development in northern Quebec will affect food supply
CHISASIBI, Que. - Heather House studies full-time through McGill University's distance education program, and when she is not immersed in books she is raising her eight children with her husband in Ch...
Feb 07, 2023

In The News for Feb. 7: Can the PM appease the country's Premiers on health care?
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023 ... What we are watching...
Feb 07, 2023

Will Biden's second state of the union mark a less protectionist approach to Canada?
WASHINGTON - A new poll suggests a majority of Canadians still see the United States as their country's closest ally, even in an age of isolationism and protectionist policies. The online survey by Le...
Feb 07, 2023

Trudeau to present health-care offer to premiers in long-awaited meeting for new deal
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is joining Canada's premiers at the table today where he is set to offer them a significant increase towards health-care funding. The premiers say they are going...
Feb 07, 2023

Frantic searching in Turkey, Syria after quake kills 4,000
ADANA, Turkey (AP) - Rescuers raced Tuesday to rescue survivors from the rubble of thousands of buildings brought down by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake and multiple aftershocks that struck eastern Turkey...
Feb 07, 2023

Lafreniere scores in OT to lift Rangers over Flames 5-4
NEW YORK (AP) - Alexis Lafreniere scored 1:37 into overtime and Jaroslav Halak made 28 saves as the New York Rangers beat the Calgary Flames 5-4 on Monday night. Lafreniere led a 2-on-1 rush and then ...
Feb 06, 2023