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Chiefs vote down pitch to include First Nations infrastructure in major projects push
WINNIPEG - First Nations chiefs today voted down a resolution that would have called on Ottawa to include First Nations infrastructure ventures in its national push to fast-track major projects. The r...
Sep 04, 2025

Ontario’s top doctor says province needs to modernize vaccine registry, calls for national schedule
TORONTO - Ontario's top doctor is calling for a national immunization schedule and registry to address gaps exposed by the resurgence of measles in Canada - but first, he says his own province needs a...
Sep 04, 2025

Rubio says US is designating 2 more gangs as foreign terrorist groups
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thurday that the United States is designating two Ecuadorian gangs as foreign terrorist organizations in the Trump administration's lates...
Sep 04, 2025

Carney promises 'military assistance' in Ukraine at virtual meeting of allies
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's office says he told Ukraine's allies today that Canada is willing to deploy "direct and scalable military assistance" in a post-ceasefire Ukraine. The Prime Minis...
Sep 04, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Police respond to mass casualty event at Manitoba First Nation
WINNIPEG - Eight people have been taken to hospital after a mass casualty event at Hollow Water First Nation in Manitoba. RCMP have released few details but say multiple detachments responded to a ser...
Sep 04, 2025

Wildfire near B.C.'s Coquihalla Highway triggers evacuation order and alerts
KAMLOOPS - About 84 properties along the Coquihalla Highway in the British Columbia Interior are on alert and one other has been ordered to evacuate due to an intense wildfire that saw drivers go thro...
Sep 04, 2025

Quebec replaces Luc Boileau as head of public health with Caroline Quach-Thanh
MONTREAL - Quebec is replacing its national public health director, with Dr. Caroline Quach-Thanh taking over from Dr. Luc Boileau. In a statement Wednesday, the government said Quach-Thanh's term wil...
Sep 04, 2025

Congo's health ministry announces a new Ebola outbreak
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Congo's health ministry on Thursday announced a new Ebola outbreak, the 16th in the central African country, after a case was confirmed in the southern Kasai province. "To date, ...
Sep 04, 2025

Quebec premier to shuffle cabinet next week, delay start of legislative session
QUBEC - Quebec Premier Franois Legault will shuffle his cabinet next week and delay the start of the legislative session by two weeks. His office says the shuffle will give the government new momentum...
Sep 04, 2025

The District of Columbia sues over Trump's deployment of the National Guard
WASHINGTON (AP) - The District of Columbia on Thursday sued to stop President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard during law enforcement intervention in Washington. The city's attorney general...
Sep 04, 2025

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