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Tories bristle at Liberal charge they're deserting Ukraine with vote against bill
OTTAWA - Federal Conservatives are pushing back against Liberal accusations that they're abandoning Ukraine, after Tory MPs voted against a bill that implements an update to a Canada-Ukraine trade dea...
Nov 28, 2023
Post linking Poilievre, Winnipeg shootings 'inappropriate,' says Liberal House leader
OTTAWA - Government House leader Karina Gould says it was inappropriate for one of her Liberal caucus colleagues to ask whether there is a link between Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and a fatal...
Nov 28, 2023
Ottawa was always flexible on clean-energy rules, despite Alberta concerns: Wilkinson
OTTAWA - Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says the federal government is open to extending the deadline for existing natural gas plants to operate without emissions-trapping technology. He says that...
Nov 28, 2023
13 Sierra Leone military officers are under arrest for trying to stage a coup, a minister says
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Attacks on Sierra Leone's main military barracks and prisons were a failed coup attempt and have resulted in the arrest of 13 military officers, the government's spokesman said T...
Nov 28, 2023
Patrick Kane is signing with the Detroit Red Wings, an AP source says
Patrick Kane is signing with the Detroit Red Wings, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because Kane has not yet si...
Nov 28, 2023
Indian rescuers reach 41 workers trapped in collapsed tunnel for 17 days, start pulling them out
UTTARKASHI, India (AP) - The Press Trust of India news agency says rescuers have reached workers trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel and have started pulling them out. One worker has been rescued s...
Nov 28, 2023
Finland plans to close its entire border with Russia over migration concerns
HELSINKI (AP) - Finland will close its last remaining road border with Russia due to concerns over migration, Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said Tuesday, accusing Moscow of undermining Finland's nationa...
Nov 28, 2023
US tells Israel any ground campaign in southern Gaza must limit further civilian displacement
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration has told Israel that it must work to avoid "significant further displacement" of Palestinian civilians in southern Gaza if it renews its ground campaign aime...
Nov 28, 2023
Israel and Hamas extend their truce, but it seems only a matter of time before the war resumes
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - A truce between Israel and Hamas entered its fifth day on Tuesday, with the militant group promising to release more civilian hostages to delay the expected resumption of the w...
Nov 28, 2023
In the news today: Truce extended in Gaza, raising hopes for further extensions
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Israel and Hamas extend truce, agree to free more hostages and prisoners More h...
Nov 28, 2023
