Greg Rickford, Member of Provincial Parliament for Kenora – Rainy River, issued thefollowing statement marking Indigenous Veterans Day: “Today, on Indigenous Veterans Day, Ontarians come together to pay tribute to the tens of thousands of First Nation, Inuit and Métis people who served in the Canadian Armed Forces. We remember […]
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By James McCarten
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Last-minute voters are headed to the polls across the United States today — but the results of the 2022 midterm elections may not be clear for days. Campaign officials and political observers are warning Americans that they likely won’t know the final outcome before the end of the week. The […]
By Camille Bains
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
VANCOUVER – Canada’s health ministers are hoping for “serious engagement” by the federal government after an announcement that it’s ready to increase funding for health care, British Columbia’s health minister says. Adrian Dix, who is hosting a two-day meeting of his counterparts, said positive comments by the prime minister and […]
By Andrew Meldrum And Yuras Karmanau
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine’s president has suggested he’s open to peace talks with Russia, softening his earlier refusal to negotiate with Moscow while President Vladimir Putin is in power – while sticking to Kyiv’s demands. Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s appeal to the international community late Monday to “force Russia into real […]
By Steve Karnowski
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Democrat Tim Walz sought a second term as Minnesota’s governor Tuesday against Republican Scott Jensen, a family physician who first grabbed attention with his vaccine skepticism before hammering Walz on economic and crime issues during the fall campaign. Jensen was hoping to break the Democratic Party’s 12-year […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Ryan Reynolds has confirmed the rumours – he is interested in buying the Ottawa Senators. The Canadian movie star spoke about possibly taking over the NHL club on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Reynolds is already co-owner of the Welsh soccer club Wrexham with fellow actor Rob McElhenney. Fallon […]
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GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) – Australia took an unassailable 2-0 lead against Slovakia on Tuesday in the first match of the Billie Jean King Cup in a strong start to its bid for a first title in 48 years in the biggest team event in women’s tennis. Storm Sanders and Ajla […]
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BERLIN (AP) – An ambassador for the World Cup in Qatar has described homosexuality as a “damage in the mind” in an interview with German public broadcaster ZDF only two weeks before the opening of the soccer tournament in the Gulf state, highlighting concerns about the conservative country’s treatment of […]
By Graham Dunbar
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GENEVA (AP) – Picking Qatar to host the World Cup was a mistake 12 years ago, FIFA’s president at the time Sepp Blatter said Tuesday, again citing a meeting between Nicolas Sarkozy and Michel Platini for swaying key votes. The 86-year-old Blatter spoke with the Swiss newspaper group Tamedia in […]
By Allison Jones
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Ninety-two per cent of licensed child-care operators in Ontario have signed on to the national $10-a-day child-care program, The Canadian Press has learned. Nov. 1 was the deadline for providers to decide – it had been extended from the original date of Sept. 1 to try to get higher uptake […]
Local CUPE members took part in a political protest on Friday, to fight a legislation which imposed a contract and made a strike illegal. The political action closed school locally and across the province on Friday and today. However, this morning Premier Doug Ford offered to repeal the legislation in […]
