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Trudeau says CBSA will decide whether Iran soccer team can enter Canada

VANCOUVER — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada Border Services Agency will be the department that decides whether Iran's men's soccer team is allowed into the country for a game next month.

May 24, 2022 1:50 PM Read more >

About 76 per cent of homes in Quebec back on the grid after powerful weekend storm

MONTREAL — Thousands of Quebecers were still in the dark on Tuesday after a powerful weekend storm that hit Quebec and Ontario killed at least 10 people and left a trail of damage across large swaths of both provinces.

May 24, 2022 12:43 PM Read more >

Mapping program Mounties struggled to open could have helped contain N.S. mass killer

HALIFAX — A report looking into a mapping program the RCMP had access to — but couldn't open — during the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia concludes it could have helped contain the killer's rampage.

May 24, 2022 12:00 PM Read more >

Canada can do more for military members struggling to find housing: defence minister

OTTAWA — Canada's defence minister says the federal government has more to do to support military members who are struggling to find housing.

May 24, 2022 11:41 AM Read more >

COVID and air pollution, storm cleanup in Ontario and Quebec : In The News for May 24

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 24 ... What we are watching in Canada ...

May 24, 2022 2:15 AM Read more >

'It all comes back to lodging': electrician says lack of housing slows construction

KUUJJUAQ, Que. — Daniel Gabois would usually be out hunting this time of year. Flocks of Canada geese have started to appear overhead in their V-formations, returning to nesting grounds in the northern Quebec region of Nunavik.

May 24, 2022 2:00 AM Read more >

Trudeau faces chants, pounding drums as he walks through crowd at Kamloops memorial

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — An unmarked burial ground at the former Kamloops, B.C. residential school set off a reckoning for Canadians about their country's history and relations with Indigenous Peoples, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday.

May 23, 2022 11:46 PM Read more >

'A light of hope': first of three flights bringing Ukrainians lands in Winnipeg

WINNIPEG — Kseniia Zinenko stepped outside of the Winnipeg airport Monday evening after a nine-hour flight from Poland to Manitoba's capital city.

May 23, 2022 8:10 PM Read more >

NewsAlert: CFL players turn down new collective bargaining agreement with league

TORONTO — CFL players have rejected the new collective bargaining agreement with the league. According to the source, CFL players voted against ratifying the tentative deal reached Wednesday between the league and CFL Players' Association.

May 23, 2022 5:40 PM Read more >

Death toll from Saturday's storm hits 10 as communities survey damage

CLARENCE-ROCKLAND, Ont. — As the death toll related to the powerful storm that swept Ontario and Quebec on Saturday reached 10 on Monday, some of the hardest-hit communities were still working to take stock of the damage.

May 23, 2022 4:45 PM Read more >