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Wildfire smoke pollution linked to thousands of annual deaths: global study
A new international study co-authored by a Canadian researcher says climate change is contributing to thousands more wildfire smoke-related deaths than in previous decades. The modelling study estimat...
Oct 21, 2024
Mats Sundin hopes Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews rewrites team's record book
TORONTO - Mats Sundin is fine with being tracked down. The former Maple Leafs captain has been the proud owner of a couple of franchise marks that appeared fairly safe until 2016. The clock, however, ...
Oct 21, 2024
Maple Leafs legend Mats Sundin looks back in 'Home and Away'
TORONTO - Mats Sundin was in a familiar place. Everything was also very different. It was February 2009. The former captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs was back in his second home - only this time as a...
Oct 21, 2024
Fleming, Sauerbrunn and over 100 women's soccer players protest FIFA deal with Saudi oil giant Aramco
ZURICH (AP) - Canadian national team captain Jessie Fleming, former U.S. national team captain Becky Sauerbrunn and Netherlands forward Vivianne Miedema are among more than 100 women's soccer players ...
Oct 21, 2024
Moldovans narrowly vote to secure the country's path toward EU membership
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) - Moldovans have voted by a razor-thin majority in favor of securing the country's path toward European Union membership, electoral data showed Monday, following a ballot a day ...
Oct 21, 2024
Forward Jade Kovacevic is the first player signing announced by Northern Super League
TORONTO - Jade Kovacevic, a veteran forward who has scored goals at home and abroad, is the first player signing revealed by the new Northern Super League. The 30-year-old from Acton, Ont., has joined...
Oct 21, 2024
Self-exiled Turkish spiritual leader Fethullah Gülen dies in Pennsylvania
SAYLORSBURG, Pa. (AP) - Fethullah Glen, a reclusive U.S.-based Islamic cleric who inspired a global social movement while facing accusations he masterminded a failed 2016 coup in his native Turkey, ha...
Oct 21, 2024
In the news today: MPs returning, but it's hardly business as usual
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... MPs returning, but it's hardly business as usual The House of Commons returns today from a week-long break, bu...
Oct 21, 2024
Minimum wage to hire higher-paid temporary foreign workers set to increase
OTTAWA - The federal government is expected to boost the minimum hourly wage that must be paid to temporary foreign workers in the high-wage stream as a way to encourage employers to hire more Canadia...
Oct 21, 2024
Parliament returns amid partisan wrangling, rumblings about Trudeau's leadership
OTTAWA - The House of Commons returns today from a week-long break, but it's unlikely to be business as usual. Members of Parliament are slated to resume debating a Conservative demand for documents a...
Oct 21, 2024
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