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Quebec firefighters who died in 2023 flood lacked training, equipment: safety board
MONTREAL - Quebec's workplace safety board says a lack of training and equipment contributed to the deaths of two firefighters during a flood northeast of Quebec City last May. The volunteer firefight...
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SOUND OFF: NDP carbon tax hke adding to British Columbians' financial burdens
WITH DAVID EBY STILL PLANNING to increase B.C.'s carbon tax on April 1, our BC United Caucus continues to call on the NDP to halt the hike. British Columbians are facing an affordability crisis with t...
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Suspect charged with murder in a series of stabbings in a northern Illinois city
CHICAGO (AP) - A 22-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in a stabbing rampage that killed 4 people in a northern Illinois city, authorities said Thursday. Winnebago County State's A...
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On pre-budget charm offensive, Trudeau announces plans to expand $10-a-day child care
SURREY, B.C. - The federal government's pre-budget charm offensive is back for a second straight day - this time aimed at parents and child care providers. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the gover...
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Veteran Harris has no doubts that he'll be ready for the start of Riders camp
Trevor Harris has no doubts regarding whether he'll be ready to go when the Saskatchewan Roughriders open training camp in May. The veteran quarterback missed most of the 2023 season - his first with ...
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On pre-budget charm offensive, Trudeau announces plans to expand $10-a-day child care
SURREY, B.C. - The federal government's pre-budget charm offensive is back for a second straight day - this time aimed at parents and child care providers. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the gover...
27m ago
Russian veto brings end to UN panel monitoring enforcement of North Korea nuclear sanctions
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Russia vetoed a U.N. resolution Thursday in a move that effectively abolishes the monitoring by United Nations experts of U.N. sanctions against North Korea aimed at reining in i...
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UN top court orders Israel to open more land crossings for aid into Gaza
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The top United Nations court on Thursday ordered Israel to take measures including opening more land crossings to allow food, water, fuel and other supplies into Gaza to ...
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Punxsutawney Phil, the spring-predicting groundhog, and wife Phyliss are parents of 2 babies
Now we know what Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog who predicts whether an early spring will arrive each Feb. 2, does on the other 364 days. The Pennsylvania group that handles Phil, and his groundhog ...
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Canadian rower looking forward to third outing for Oxford in historic Boat Race
Having rowed in the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race twice already, Canadian Julia Lindsay knows what to expect Saturday in the 78th edition of the women's race. The gruelling 6.8-kilometre course between P...
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