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City Hall to look at adding to snow removal budget at 2023 budget talks
City council will discuss adding some money to the snow removal budget at 2023 budget talks later this fall.At Monday's meeting, council approved looking at the possibility of increasing funding for c...
Oct 4, 2022
Paris joins in TV boycott of World Cup games from Qatar
PARIS (AP) - Paris will not broadcast World Cup matches on giant screens in public fan zones amid concerns over rights violations of migrant workers and the environmental impact of the tournament in Q...
Oct 4, 2022
Indonesia police: Stadium exit gates too small for escape
MALANG, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesian police said Tuesday that the gates at the soccer stadium where police fired tear gas and set off a deadly crush were too small and could only accommodate two at a t...
Oct 4, 2022
Hockey Canada's board chairs to answer to feds, Nicholson deferred to later date
OTTAWA - Hockey Canada's board chairs, past and present, will answer to the federal government today on the hockey body's handling of alleged sexual assaults and how money was paid out in lawsuits. Fo...
Oct 4, 2022
Basketball players fleeing Ukraine find home with University of Lethbridge Pronghorns
The squeak of their shoes and the thump of the ball on the court feels blessedly normal for Vika Kovalevska and Vlada Hozalova. Basketball provides a brief sanctuary from the ceaseless undercurrent of...
Oct 4, 2022
Indonesia police: Stadium exit gates too small for escape
MALANG, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesian police said Tuesday that the gates at the soccer stadium where police fired tear gas and set off a deadly crush were too small and could only accommodate two at a t...
Oct 4, 2022
3 scientists share Nobel Prize in Physics
STOCKHOLM - This year's Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger for their work on quantum information science. Hans Ellegren, Secretary General, Ro...
Oct 4, 2022
Advocacy group calls out corporate 'tax avoidance,' cites billions lost in new report
OTTAWA - A new report from Canadians for Tax Fairness says top companies paid $30 billion less in taxes last year than would be expected under existing corporate tax rates. The report analyzed the fin...
Oct 4, 2022
Paris joins in TV boycott of World Cup games from Qatar
PARIS (AP) - The city of Paris has decided against broadcasting World Cup matches on giant screens in public fan zones amid concerns over rights violations of migrant workers and the environmental imp...
Oct 4, 2022
A second mandate for CAQ and North Korea rattles Sabre: In The News for Oct. 4
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 4 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Oct 4, 2022