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Quebec suffering 'extremely difficult' wave of severe weather, minister says
MONTREAL - Quebec's public security minister says the province is experiencing an "extremely difficult" period of climate-related disasters. Franois Bonnardel spoke to reporters this morning from Ste-...
Aug 14, 2024

Auger-Aliassime into second round in Cincinnati with win over qualifier Kovacevic
CINCINNATI - Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime cruised into the second round of the Cincinnati Open tennis tournament with a 6-3, 6-1 win over American qualifier Aleksandar Kovacevic on Wednesday. The ...
Aug 14, 2024

Quebec to authorize early requests for MAID, won't wait for Ottawa to change law
QUBEC - Quebec says that starting this fall it will authorize early requests for medical assistance in dying from certain patients before their condition renders them incapable of giving consent. The ...
Aug 14, 2024

Immigration minister looking into revoking terror suspect's citizenship
CHURCH POINT, N.S. - Immigration Minister Marc Miller says he plans to look into whether the man accused of plotting a terror attack in Toronto should have his Canadian citizenship revoked. Ahmed Foua...
Aug 14, 2024

Victoria Gold says it plans to oppose Yukon application for receiver
WHITEHORSE - The company that owns the gold mine where a failure led to a massive release of cyanide-contaminated ore says it plans to oppose an application by the Yukon government seeking the appoint...
Aug 14, 2024

Young forward Santiago Lopez building career in Mexico, turning heads with Canada
Just 19, Santiago Lopez has a wealth of opportunities ahead of him. A dual citizen, the young forward was a star for Canada at the recent CONCACAF U-20 Championship and played for the Mexican under-18...
Aug 14, 2024

Ernesto has intensified into a hurricane and is on a path toward Bermuda, forecasters say
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Ernesto intensified Wednesday into a hurricane over the Caribbean and is on a path toward Bermuda, forecasters said. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 120 kph (75 m...
Aug 14, 2024

Retired Quebec judge Jacques Delisle, who pleaded guilty in wife's death, dies at 89
MONTREAL - Jacques Delisle, a retired Quebec judge who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in his wife's shooting death, has died at age 89. The Court of Appeal of Quebec issued a statement Monday confirmi...
Aug 14, 2024

Paris Olympics singe CAE profits as demand for pilot training drops
MONTREAL - CAE Inc.'s chief executive says demand for pilot training dropped in its latest quarter, due in part to lower travel volumes to Europe because of the Paris Olympics. CEO Marc Parent told an...
Aug 14, 2024

Judge rejects Donald Trump's latest demand to step aside from hush money criminal case
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump has lost his latest bid for a new judge in his hush money case as it heads toward a key ruling and potential sentencing next month. Judge Juan M. Merchan on Wednesday decl...
Aug 14, 2024