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Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Strike deadline passes for public service staff The deadline has passed for possible strike action to begin in...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government has turned down federal funding aimed at combating systemic racism in the criminal justice system, saying it doesn't agree with the program's approach. The federal gov...

VANCOUVER - The deadline has passed for possible strike action to begin in British Columbia by an array of public service workers that includes liquor store staff, community college instructors and mu...

JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) - The death toll from a strong earthquake in Afghanistan's east rose to 900, with 3,000 people injured, an official said Tuesday as rescue teams scoured the area for surviv...

CAIRO (AP) - A devastating landslide wiped out a village in Sudan's western region of Darfur, killing at least 1,000 people in one of the deadliest natural disasters in the African country's recent hi...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia General Employees' Union says a portion of its members who work for the province's public service will begin walking picket lines Tuesday after the union issued 72-hour...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Monday he's awarding Rudolph Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom, announcing the honor the day after his political ally and former New York mayor w...

NEW YORK (AP) - Naomi Osaka eliminated Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-2 at the U.S. Open with a far more confident and consistent brand of tennis Monday to reach her first Grand Slam quarterfinal in more than 4 1/...

Some communities in northern Saskatchewan are once again on high alert after wildfires flared up.Local officials in the northern village of le--la-Crosse asked people to leave Canoe River Subdivision ...

OTTAWA - Nearly a fifth of the Liberal caucus has issued a letter calling for more to be done to address a rise in antisemitism after a Jewish woman in her 70s was stabbed at an Ottawa grocery store. ...