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Palestinian death toll in Gaza exceeds 10,000, according to Health Ministry
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza says the Palestinian death toll from the ongoing war with Israel has jumped over 10,000. The figures released Monday mark a gri...
Nov 6, 2023
City installs new tree grove along 100 Ave.
The City of Grande Prairie says it has planted over 80 trees in an effort to make Grande Prairie look a bit nicer.The city says trees were planted along 100 Avenue between 116 and 112 Street to add mo...
Nov 6, 2023
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi goes on a hunger strike while imprisoned in Iran
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A campaign urging Iran to free Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi said Monday that the activist has begun a hunger strike over the conditions of her impriso...
Nov 6, 2023
In the news today: Canadians in Gaza still waiting to cross into Egypt
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... No update on border crossing for Canadians in Gaza Canadians trapped in the Gaz...
Nov 6, 2023
Vancouver man's family in Gaza ponders whether to stay together so they die together
Bombs had scarcely started falling on the Gaza Strip last month when Omar Mansour's family realized they had a crucial question to resolve: would it be better to face death together or apart? One day ...
Nov 6, 2023
Health care, energy costs expected to be focus of premiers meeting in Halifax
HALIFAX - Health care and the effect of carbon pricing measures on the rising cost of living across Canada are slated to take centre stage at today's meeting of the country's premiers and territorial ...
Nov 6, 2023
Hundreds of thousands of Quebec public sector workers on strike today
MONTREAL - Hundreds of thousands of Quebec public sector workers are off the job today in the first of a series of one-day strikes. Schools, health care facilities and social services will all be disr...
Nov 6, 2023
No information on status of border crossing as Canadians wait to flee Gaza
Canadians trapped in the Gaza Strip who were previously told they could be allowed out over the weekend will have to wait longer for escape from the besieged Palestinian territory. The Rafah border cr...
Nov 6, 2023
Dobbs rallies Vikings days after trade to edge Falcons 31-28
ATLANTA (AP) - Newly acquired Joshua Dobbs threw two touchdown passes, including a go-ahead six-yarder to Brandon Powell with 22 seconds remaining, and also ran for a major, and the Minnesota Vikings ...
Nov 5, 2023
Another ex-player is alleging Blackhawks' former video coach sexually assaulted him in 2009-10
CHICAGO (AP) - A former hockey player in the Chicago Blackhawks organization has alleged in a lawsuit the team's former video coach sexually assaulted him during the 2009-10 season and the Blackhawks ...
Nov 5, 2023