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As small business sentiment drops, Liberals pressed to give benefits extra life
OTTAWA - A group representing thousands of small businesses countrywide says its members are increasingly sour on their financial prospects, underlined by uncertainty over the fate of federal pandemic...
Oct 05, 2021
Canada to play Portugal, Belgium in rugby test matches in November
TORONTO - The Canadian men's rugby team will play Portugal and Belgium during the November test window. The tour will take the 21st-ranked Canadians to No. 19 Portugal on Nov. 6 and No. 27 Belgium on ...
Oct 05, 2021
Vaccine, test requirements don't keep fans away from Raiders home opener
It was the first Prince Albert Raiders regular season home game in 574 days, and by hook or by crook, Raiders fans weren't going to miss it. Whether it meant showing proof of vaccination or a negative...
Oct 05, 2021
Humboldt Big Brothers Big Sisters hold annual award ceremony
Big Brothers Big Sisters in Humboldt hosted their annual awards on September 29th to honour those in the program.Morgan Forster, mentoring program coordinator, said the event is to celebrate those who...
Oct 05, 2021
Caster Semenya working on memoir, 'Silence All the Noise'
NEW YORK (AP) - Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya is working on a book about her triumphs as a runner and her experiences as an intersex woman with naturally high testosterone levels, including her...
Oct 05, 2021
Nobel physics prize goes to 3 for climate discoveries
STOCKHOLM (AP) - The Nobel Prize for physics has been awarded to scientists from Japan, Germany and Italy. Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann were cited for their work in "the physical modeling of Ea...
Oct 05, 2021
Erin O'Toole faces caucus, Echaquan findings addressed: In The News for Oct. 5, 2021
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 5 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Oct 05, 2021
French report: 330,000 children victims of church sex abuse
PARIS (AP) - A major French report released Tuesday found that an estimated 330,000 children were victims of sex abuse within France's Catholic Church over the past 70 years, in France's first major r...
Oct 05, 2021
Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole faces first caucus meeting after election loss
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole will face his caucus today for the first time since his party's disappointing election defeat two weeks ago. The 119 Conservative MPs are set to gather in per...
Oct 05, 2021
Election agency says powerless after Quebec City municipal party calls Islam 'cancer'
QUEBEC - A fringe Quebec City municipal party's platform describes Islam as a "cancer," and the province's elections commission says it doesn't have the power to do anything about it. Quebec will hold...
Oct 05, 2021