Canada

B.C. accepts change for psychiatric care after alleged attack by mentally ill man
B.C. accepts change for psychiatric care after alleged attack by mentally ill man

VANCOUVER — A report into a triple stabbing at a festival in Vancouver's Chinatown last year says the man accused of the crimes had been let out of a psychiatric care facility 99 times in the year prior...

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Call for more Muslim professors: Quebec says anti-Islamophobia adviser must resign
Call for more Muslim professors: Quebec says anti-Islamophobia adviser must resign

MONTREAL — The Quebec government renewed its call for Canada's special representative on combating Islamophobia to resign Friday, after she sent a letter to college and university heads recommending...

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Telesat Lightspeed: Canada, Quebec give billions of dollars for satellite production
Telesat Lightspeed: Canada, Quebec give billions of dollars for satellite production

MONTREAL — The Canadian government on Friday announced a loan of $2.14 billion to satellite operator Telesat to help the company build its broadband satellite constellation, in what Prime Minister Justin...

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Ontario's top court dismisses application for bail from Jacob Hoggard
Ontario's top court dismisses application for bail from Jacob Hoggard

TORONTO — Jacob Hoggard will remain behind bars while he tries to appeal his sexual assault conviction at Canada's top court, a justice with Ontario's Appeal Court ruled Friday, calling the musician's...

12h ago

NDP caving to Poilievre on carbon price, has no idea how to fight climate change: PM
NDP caving to Poilievre on carbon price, has no idea how to fight climate change: PM

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took shots at the NDP on Friday for equivocating on the consumer carbon price, accusing Jagmeet Singh of caving to political pressure from Conservative Leader Pierre...

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Trudeau says Ukraine can strike deep into Russia with NATO arms, Putin hints at war
Trudeau says Ukraine can strike deep into Russia with NATO arms, Putin hints at war

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ukraine should be allowed to strike deep inside Russia, despite Moscow threatening that this would draw Canada and its allies into direct war. "Canada fully...

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Canada to donate up to 200,000 vaccine doses to combat mpox outbreaks in Africa
Canada to donate up to 200,000 vaccine doses to combat mpox outbreaks in Africa

The Canadian government says it will donate up to 200,000 vaccine doses to fight the mpox outbreak in Congo and other African countries. It says the donated doses of Imvamune will come from Canada's existing...

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Trudeau says up to Air Canada and pilots to reach a deal as deadline approaches
Trudeau says up to Air Canada and pilots to reach a deal as deadline approaches

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it's up to Air Canada and the union to reach an agreement to avoid disrupting travellers and businesses. "Every time there's a strike, people say, 'Oh, you’ll get...

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From Florida to Kitchener, Ont.: A story of sex, fraud and real estate
From Florida to Kitchener, Ont.: A story of sex, fraud and real estate

Some stories are better if you don't know much going in. So, no spoilers. All you need to know is this: An American university is suing a woman who lives in Kitchener, Ont. It's trying to recover millions...

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In the news today: Chances of disruption increasing at Air Canada
In the news today: Chances of disruption increasing at Air Canada

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Chances of disruption increasing as Air Canada pilot talks near deadline Air Canada says some operations will start...

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