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Alex Jones ordered to pay $473M more to Sandy Hook families
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his company were ordered Thursday to pay an extra $473 million to victims' families and an FBI agent for calling the 2012 Sandy Hook school sh...
Nov 10, 2022
Democracy the clear champion in U.S. midterm elections, say envoys in D.C., Ottawa
WASHINGTON - The ambassadors representing Canada and the United States in each other's capitals say democracy was the true winner in Tuesday's midterm elections. Both David Cohen, Washington's envoy i...
Nov 10, 2022
Larger-than-expected interest rate hikes would lead to economic contraction: PBO
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says the Canadian economy would contract slightly in 2023 if central banks raise interest rates more than anticipated. The PBO published a report Thursday tha...
Nov 10, 2022
Quebec to hire more nurses to address overcrowding in north after death of 10 infants
MONTREAL - Health officials in northern Quebec say they are taking steps to hire more nurses and Inuit staff after a coroner's report released last month linked the deaths of 10 infants in the region ...
Nov 10, 2022
Canadian women look to earn bronze by beating France at Rugby World Cup
Coach Kevin Rouet knows the challenge that awaits Canada in Friday's bronze-medal match at the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. The 35-year-old Rouet is French, although he now calls Quebec City home. ...
Nov 10, 2022
Alouettes' Worthy long past point of seeking redemption versus Argos
Chandler Worthy is exactly where he thought he'd be. When CFL training camps opened in May, the veteran receiver/returner expected to end the season in the Grey Cup game. He's one win away from doing ...
Nov 10, 2022
Israelis, Palestinians can fly on same flights to World Cup
JERUSALEM (AP) - Soccer fans from Israel and the Palestinian territories will be able to fly directly to the FIFA World Cup in Qatar from Tel Aviv for the first time, soccer's global governing body an...
Nov 10, 2022
B.C. group wants better use of federal flood recovery fund in Abbotsford area
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A group in British Columbia wants better accountability for the use of a $5-billion recovery fund as provincial, municipal and Indigenous officials prepare to issue an update on rep...
Nov 10, 2022
Calgary man who killed girlfriend and her 22-month-old daughter to be sentenced
CALGARY - A man who killed a woman and her young daughter and buried them in a shallow grave west of Calgary is scheduled to be sentenced this afternoon. Robert Leeming, who is 37, pleaded guilty to t...
Nov 10, 2022
Tam warns of flu upswing, new COVID-19 variants as viral triple threat continues
OTTAWA - Canada's top doctor is warning of "increased growth" in new COVID-19 variants and an upswing in seasonal influenza cases, just as a surge of respiratory syncytial virus inundates hospitals. C...
Nov 10, 2022