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Quebec schools want exemption from foreign student cap, but minister unmoved
MONTREAL - Quebec universities and public colleges say they should be exempt from the government's plan to reduce the number of international students in the province, but the immigration minister say...
Nov 05, 2024
Gushue tops Carruthers in opening draw at Grand Slam of Curling's Co-op Canadian Open
NISKU, Alta. - Brad Gushue defeated Reid Carruthers 6-1 on Tuesday morning in a matchup of Canadian skips at the Co-op Canadian Open. Gushue, from St. John's, N.L., scored three in the sixth end for t...
Nov 05, 2024
Calgary rider Alex Volstad joins EF-Oatly-Cannondale pro cycling team
Calgary teenager Alex Volstad, a two-time Canadian junior road race champion, is joining the EF-Oatly-Cannondale cycling team next season. Volstad, 18, joins fellow Canadian Alison Jackson (Vermilion,...
Nov 05, 2024
Preparation for next president started months ago, Trudeau's cabinet says
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says the Trudeau government is in a better position to manage trade negotiations with the next American president than it was the last time it signed a de...
Nov 05, 2024
Eleven-year-old boy struck and killed by truck in Montreal
MONTREAL - An 11-year-old boy died after he was hit by a truck Monday evening in Montreal's Plateau-Mont-Royal borough. Police say they received numerous calls at around 7:30 p.m. about the collision ...
Nov 05, 2024
Highway Hotline changes aim to make information clearer, more concise
As winter approaches in Saskatchewan, Highway Hotline would like to remind users of some terminology changes announced in September.Dan Palmer with the Ministry of Highways says the changes were enact...
Nov 05, 2024
Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews out day-to-day with upper-body injury
TORONTO - Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews will miss Tuesday's game against the Boston Bruins with an upper-body injury. The Toronto centre, who's listed as day-to-day, has five goals and 11 points...
Nov 05, 2024
French court convicts 18 in a major trial that casts light on the deadly migrant-smuggling trade
LILLE, France (AP) - A French court found 18 people guilty Tuesday in a major migrant-smuggling trial that shed light on the lucrative but often deadly clandestine business of transporting people on f...
Nov 05, 2024
A LOT Going on This Week
"The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the position of Pattison Media and this site."Bombers call on Powers of Darkness to clinch firs...
Nov 05, 2024
French court convicts 18 in a trial casting light on the deadly migrant smuggling trade
LILLE, France (AP) - A French court in Lille on Tuesday found 18 defendants guilty in a migrant smuggling trial linked to the dangerous English Channel crossings. The group was charged after a 2022 po...
Nov 05, 2024