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Spanish police say Liverpool player Diogo Jota and his brother have died in a car accident in Spain
MADRID (AP) - Liverpool player Diogo Jota and his brother have died in a car accident in Spain, police said Thursday. The Spanish civil guard confirmed to The Associated Press that Jota and his brothe...
Jul 03, 2025
In the news today: Public servants losing confidence, major agribusiness merger
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Public servants' confidence in their bosses drops Confidence federal public servants have in their senior mana...
Jul 03, 2025
Quebec language watchdog now says it's OK to use 'go' to support sports teams
MONTREAL - Quebec's language watchdog has changed its tune on whether it's acceptable to use the word "go" to cheer on sports teams. In a new guideline posted in its online dictionary, the Office qubc...
Jul 03, 2025
Calgary Stampede announcer's career turns 40: 'Might as well do another 40'
PONOKA, ALBERTA - It was August 1983 at the Hand Hills Lake Stampede and Les McIntyre had just fallen out of his chuckwagon. As he remembers it, McIntyre had made a sharp turn, hit a competitor's wago...
Jul 03, 2025
Quebec language watchdog now says it's OK to use 'go' to support sports teams
MONTREAL - Quebec's language watchdog has changed its tune on whether it's acceptable to use the word "go" to cheer on sports teams. In a new guideline posted in its online dictionary, the Office qubc...
Jul 03, 2025
Fewer federal bureaucrats express confidence in their bosses, survey suggests
OTTAWA - Confidence federal public servants have in their senior managers has fallen in recent years, a new survey suggests. The 2024 Public Service Employee Survey said 55 per cent of public servants...
Jul 03, 2025
Israel-Hamas conflict: Tension at Montreal college worse after Quebec's investigation
MONTREAL - The director general of a junior college in Montreal says a recent government investigation into the climate at the school may have had a chilling effect on teachers. Benoit Morin says the ...
Jul 03, 2025
Search for another Vancouver Island boa constrictor prompts warning about exotic pets
Inspector Drew Milne of the British Columbia Conservation Officer Service likened it to finding a needle in a haystack - the haystack being a 137-hectare park on Vancouver Island, and the needle being...
Jul 03, 2025
New supply management law won't save the system from Trump, experts say
OTTAWA - A new law meant to protect supply management might not be enough to shield the system in trade talks with a Trump administration bent on eliminating it, trade experts say. "It's certainly mor...
Jul 03, 2025
Anti-landmine advocates urge Canada to try keeping Ukraine, others in Ottawa Treaty
OTTAWA - Canadian advocates are urging Ottawa to protect the 1997 treaty Canada brokered to stop the use of landmines, as six countries on Europe's eastern flank move toward using the explosive weapon...
Jul 03, 2025