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Israel national day: Israeli flag raised at Ottawa City Hall with little fanfare
OTTAWA - Israel's flag was flying at Ottawa City Hall early this morning in honour of the country's national day, but there was no public ceremony to mark the occasion. Instead, the city says the Jewi...
May 14, 2024
Shawn Lemon takes field at Alouettes training camp despite sports gambling suspension
SAINT-JRME, Que. - Veteran defensive lineman Shawn Lemon is on the field at Montreal Alouettes training camp Tuesday despite facing a suspension for sports gambling. The CFL indefinitely suspended Lem...
May 14, 2024
As House Speaker heads to court with Trump, hush money witness Cohen is testifying
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump's fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen awaits a bruising round of questioning from the former president's lawyers on Tuesday after testimony linked their celebrity client to all...
May 14, 2024
Who's laughing? LateNighter, a digital news site about late-night TV, hopes to buck media trends
NEW YORK (AP) - At first glance, Jed Rosenzweig's new venture would seem like a fool's errand: launching a digital news site during brutal economic times for the media to cover an industry that, by tr...
May 14, 2024
Georgian parliament approves divisive bill that sparked weeks of mass protests
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) - The Georgian parliament on Tuesday approved in the third and final reading a divisive bill that sparked weeks of mass protests. The bill requires media and nongovernmental orga...
May 14, 2024
EU agrees on a new migration pact. Mainstream parties hope it will deprive the far right of votes
BRUSSELS (AP) - European Union nations endorsed sweeping reforms to the bloc's failed asylum system on Tuesday as campaigning for Europe-wide elections next month gathers pace, with migration expected...
May 14, 2024
Five things to know about the NHL playoffs
Will the sun set on the Boston Bruins' playoff season in Sunrise tonight? Will Artus Silovs let his posts or pads make all the saves tonight in Edmonton? And will we see the day when officials have to...
May 14, 2024
Sex assault case of former Canada world junior hockey players back in court today
The sexual assault case of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team is due back in a London, Ont., court today. Dillon Dube, Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Cal Foote and Alex Formenton w...
May 14, 2024
Two-day Indigenous identity fraud summit to kick off in Winnipeg
OTTAWA - A two-day summit beginning in Winnipeg today will hear from Indigenous leaders across the country on how they're reacting to - and can come together to fix - what they call Indigenous identit...
May 14, 2024
Philippines seeking Canada's help to avoid 'great power rivalry' between China, U.S.
OTTAWA - The foreign minister of the Philippines wants closer business and military ties with Canada, saying the two countries can help maintain the post-war order in the Indo-Pacific by maintaining p...
May 14, 2024
