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DOGE official is taking a leadership role at USAID, an email obtained by AP says
WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior official at Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is taking a leadership role at the U.S. Agency for International Development, giving DOGE direct authority over a...
Mar 19, 2025
Quebec says it will allow restaurants to charge people for no-shows
MONTREAL - The Quebec government says it's drafting a bill to allow restaurants to charge people who reserve a table but don't show up and don't cancel ahead of time. Restaurants would be able to char...
Mar 19, 2025
Quebec aluminum towns aren’t feeling the sting of 25 per cent U.S. tariffs
MONTREAL - Mayors of Quebec aluminum towns say they are confident their regions can withstand the 25 per cent tariffs imposed on the metal by U.S. President Donald Trump, with many saying it's busines...
Mar 19, 2025
Kingsbury's golden streak comes to an end with moguls world championship silver
SAINT MORITZ - Canadian freestyle skiing star Mikael Kingsbury saw his moguls world championship winning streak come to an end Wednesday. Kingsbury, from Deux-Montagnes, Que., finished second in the f...
Mar 19, 2025
Commissioner Gary Bettman says the NHL and NHLPA will begin CBA talks in early April
MANALAPAN, Fla. (AP) - NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said the league and the Players' Association will sit down to begin negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement the week of April 1. At h...
Mar 19, 2025
Poilievre says Trump is right to say a Liberal PM would be easier to deal with
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says U.S. President Donald Trump is right to think he would have an easier time dealing with a Liberal prime minister in Canada. On Fox News on Tuesday ev...
Mar 19, 2025
Safety board to release preliminary report on Delta plane crash in Toronto
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it will release a preliminary report Thursday on a crash landing at Toronto's Pearson airport that sent 21 people to hospital last month. The Delta Air L...
Mar 19, 2025
'I feel more like myself': Huberdeau finally comfortable, producing in Calgary
Jonathan Huberdeau was completely blindsided. Coming off a 115-point performance for the Florida Panthers in 2021-22 - a career-best campaign that included the organization's first trip to the second ...
Mar 19, 2025
Statistics Canada says population rose to 41,528,680 at Jan. 1 as growth slowed
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the population grew to 41,528,680 people as of Jan. 1 as the pace of growth continued to slow after peaking in the third quarter of 2023. The total number of people was...
Mar 19, 2025
Federal government promises $2.55B in low-cost loans to build Toronto rental homes
TORONTO - The federal government is promising billions in low-cost financing to help build thousands of rental homes in Toronto, including more than a thousand affordable units. Ottawa says it will pr...
Mar 19, 2025