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Applications open for new disability benefit program, payments start next month
OTTAWA - Canada's new disability benefit - a program that provides eligible people with up to $200 a month - is now open for applications. The program is available to people with disabilities between ...
Jun 20, 2025

CSIS says it took steps against dozens of employees over misconduct last year
OTTAWA - Canada's spy service says it closed 34 misconduct cases last year and concluded the allegations were founded in 33 of the cases. In its latest annual report, the Canadian Security Intelligenc...
Jun 20, 2025

Searchers recover second body after rockfall near Banff National Park hiking trail
One of the two people killed in a rockfall in Banff National Park has been identified as 70-year-old Jutta Hinrichs of Calgary.The University of Alberta, in a statement, says Hinrichs was an educator ...
Jun 20, 2025

PRIMAA hosting Summer Film Festival Jun. 21
A day celebrating filmmakers in the Peace Region will be held in Grande Prairie Saturday, June 21.The Peace Region Independent Media Arts Association's Summer Film Festival showcases over 20 different...
Jun 20, 2025

Bail hearing in July for Montreal mom charged with abandoning three-year-old daughter
SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD - The mother who allegedly abandoned her three-year-old daughter in rural Ontario for four days is scheduled to have a bail hearing early next month. Lawyers in Quebec court s...
Jun 20, 2025

Conservatives set January dates for convention, review of Poilievre's leadership
OTTAWA - Members of the Conservative party will hold a national convention in late January, where they'll vote on Pierre Poilievre's leadership. The party's national council has scheduled the conventi...
Jun 20, 2025

Jonathan Toews returning to NHL with hometown Winnipeg Jets
WINNIPEG - Three-time Stanley Cup champion Jonathan Toews is returning to the NHL and signing with his hometown Winnipeg Jets. The Jets announced they've agreed to a one-year contract with Toews. The ...
Jun 20, 2025

Brampton mayor 'cautiously optimistic' about Bishnoi gang terrorist designation
OTTAWA - Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown says he's "cautiously optimistic" about the chances of India's Lawrence Bishnoi gang being designated as a terrorist group after meeting with the public safety mi...
Jun 20, 2025

Brampton mayor 'cautiously optimistic' about Bishnoi gang terrorist designation
OTTAWA - Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown says he's "cautiously optimistic" about the chances of India's Lawrence Bishnoi gang being designated as a terrorist group after meeting with the public safety mi...
Jun 20, 2025

Iran’s foreign minister arrives for talks with top European diplomats in Geneva
GENEVA (AP) - Iran's foreign minister arrived Friday for talks with top European diplomats in Geneva about the crisis that centers on concerns about his country's nuclear program, a week after the lon...
Jun 20, 2025