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Migrants across Canada call on Ottawa for action on regularization, permanent status
TORONTO - Rallies are planned in cities across Canada today to call on Ottawa to extend permanent status to undocumented migrants. Migrants and advocacy groups will also be calling on the government t...
Sep 18, 2022
Where and when you can watch the Queen’s funeral
The death of Queen Elizabeth II appears to have struck a chord with millions around the world. Queen Elizabeth died Sept. 8 at age 96, after reigning for over 70 years. Thousands of people lined up, s...
Sep 18, 2022
Trudeau meets UK Prime Minister Liz Truss, other world leaders in London
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with his British counterpart Sunday as world leaders converged on London for Queen Elizabeth II's funeral.Trudeau was at 10 Downing Street early in the afternoon, whe...
Sep 18, 2022
Fiona becomes a hurricane, aims at Puerto Rico
HAVANA (AP) - Fiona strengthened into a hurricane Sunday as it bore down on Puerto Rico, where people braced for severe wind and torrential rains. Forecasters said "historic" levels of rain were expec...
Sep 18, 2022
Elections Quebec takes to TikTok, hoping quirky campaign inspires turnout
MONTREAL - Elections Quebec is flipping their usual campaign advertising script in hopes that some fresh messaging will propel more voters out to the polls next month. The province's elections organiz...
Sep 18, 2022
Trudeau meets UK Prime Minister Liz Truss, other world leaders in London
LONDON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with his British counterpart Sunday as world leaders converged on London for Queen Elizabeth's funeral. Trudeau was at 10 Downing Street early in the afterno...
Sep 18, 2022
Advocates of windfall tax on oil and gas sector can now point to EU for inspiration
OTTAWA - Proponents of imposing a windfall tax on the Canadian oil and gas industry now have another global power setting precedent for the policy. On Wednesday, the European Commission proposed levyi...
Sep 18, 2022
Queen's death leaves questions about vacated military patronage posts
OTTAWA - Queen Elizabeth's death has left more than a dozen Canadian Armed Forces units without a patron, and prompted one expert to question how such appointments will be filled going forward. The De...
Sep 18, 2022
Quebec election: 880 candidates in the running for Oct. 3 election
MONTREAL - Quebec party leaders are fanned out across the province on Day 22 of the election campaign. Coalition Avenir Qubec Leader Franois Legault will be in the Quebec City-area riding of Portneuf,...
Sep 18, 2022
Restoring the culinary and cultural bounty of ancient Indigenous sea gardens in B.C.
SALT SPRING ISLAND, B.C. - A family of sea otters emerges from the ocean and rambles up the rocky shoreline, while a great blue heron in search of a meal pokes at a wall of rocks. Fountains of water s...
Sep 18, 2022