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Dental hygienists urge federal parties to keep funding dental care program
OTTAWA - The Canadian Dental Hygienists Association says its members are urging all federal parties to keep funding the national dental care program, arguing it's good for the economy. The association...
Feb 27, 2025
'Inbound' documentary shines light on how immigration has shaped Canadian basketball
A new documentary makes the case that a change in Canada's immigration policy more than 50 years ago has fuelled the country's current boom in NBA players. "Inbound," a short film on how Prime Ministe...
Feb 27, 2025
After growing up in Arsenal's ranks, Monlouis looks to make mark with Toronto FC
TORONTO - After making more than 100 combined appearances for Arsenal's U-18, U-21 and U-23 teams and with his contract running out at the end of the season, Zane Monlouis started looking to the futur...
Feb 27, 2025
Nutrition North Program to undergo external review, access to food security, supplement needs highlighted
The provincial opposition is celebrating the federal government's decision to review a grocery subsidy program in the wake of food security concerns in northern Saskatchewan. Federal Northern Affairs ...
Feb 27, 2025
In the news today: Tariffs and Canadian border towns, Ottawa to apologize to Inuit
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Small-town mayors keep it friendly on border Big municipal governments in B.C. have been talking of boycotts a...
Feb 27, 2025
Ontario voters head to the polls for election day after snap winter campaign
TORONTO - Ontario's political party leaders have criss-crossed the province, released their platforms and made their pitches over the past month - now it's decision day for voters. It has been an unus...
Feb 27, 2025
Amid tariff and trade war talk, small-town mayors try to keep it friendly on border
Osoyoos Mayor Sue McKortoff likens the situation facing the scenic B.C. community just a few kilometres from the U.S. border to that of her own family. She said she's been asked recently how she deals...
Feb 27, 2025
Minister to apologize for relocations of Inuit decades ago
OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree will apologize on behalf of the federal government Thursday for its role in the Dundas Harbour relocations between 1934 and 1948. The r...
Feb 27, 2025
Andrew Tate, who faces rape and trafficking charges in Romania, has left for the US
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate have left Romania for the U.S. after a travel ban on them was lifted, an official said Thursday. The brothers are charged with hum...
Feb 27, 2025
Austria is getting a new coalition government without far-right election winner
VIENNA (AP) - Three parties announced Thursday that they have reached a deal to form a new centrist Austrian government, five months after an election was won by a far-right party that later failed in...
Feb 27, 2025