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'It didn't cross their minds': Emergency director says RCMP didn't consider alert
HALIFAX - The head of Nova Scotia's Emergency Management Office sayshe found it surprisingthe RCMP waited so long to issue a provincewide alert about a gunman who killed 22 people during a 13-hour ram...
May 10, 2022
Some cities will not halve child-care fees by end of year, study finds
OTTAWA - The federal government's highly touted national child-care program aims to make care more affordable for parents, but a new study suggests just how much fees are reduced will depend on where ...
May 10, 2022
'The land is my therapy': healing centre encourages reconnecting with Inuit identity
KUUJJUAQ, Que. - On the shore of a still-frozen lake in front of a traditional Inuit dwelling with the spring sun melting the snow underfoot, the Governor General met eight women who are reconnecting ...
May 10, 2022
Government finances better than expected, surgical backlogs : In The News for May 10
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 May 10 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
May 10, 2022
Government coffers fuller than expected due to higher inflation, growth: Desjardins
OTTAWA - A new analysis of government finances across the country says revenues were much stronger than expected in the last year due to higher inflation and economic growth. The analysis by Desjardin...
May 10, 2022
Backlogs improved, but patients still waiting too long for elective surgeries
OTTAWA - Canadian hospitals and health systems are still struggling through the ebb and flow of COVID-19, leading to long delays for elective procedures, new data from the Canadian Institute for Healt...
May 10, 2022
Second complainant expected to testify today in Jacob Hoggard sex assault trial
TORONTO - A second woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard is expected to take the stand at his sex assault trial today. Hoggard, the frontman for the band Hedl...
May 10, 2022
Alberta Court of Appeal to rule whether federal assessment law is unconstitutional
CALGARY - Alberta's highest court is set to release a decision today on the province's attempt to declare the federal government's environmental assessment act unconstitutional. The Alberta government...
May 10, 2022
Gaudreau scores on penalty shot, Flames down Stars 4-1 to even up playoff series
DALLAS - Johnny Gaudreau scored on a penalty shot for the Calgary Flames in Monday's 4-1 win over the Dallas Stars to even up their playoff series at two wins apiece. Elias Lindholm and Rasmus Anderss...
May 09, 2022
Putin marks Victory Day with little to show for 11-week war
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) - With no major new battlefield success to boast of, Russian President Vladimir Putin marked his country's biggest patriotic holiday without even uttering the word "Ukraine,...
May 09, 2022