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Doctors, health groups call for action as Canada lags on cervical cancer prevention
OTTAWA - Cervical cancer is both the fastest-growing type of cancer in Canada and one that is almost completely preventable - and advocates are gathering in Ottawa on Wednesday to call on the federal ...
Feb 25, 2026 A nurse holds up a vial and box for the HPV vaccine, brand name Gardasil, at a clinic in Kinston, N.C. on Monday, March 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Daily Free Press, Charles Buchanan)
Trump defends controversial policies, tariffs in State of the Union
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump defended his controversial immigration tactics and global tariffs during a record-breaking State of the Union address on Tuesday night. During the 108-minute s...
Feb 25, 2026 President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, as Vice President JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., listen. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Why forcing AI firms to report online threats may not be simple
A cybersecurity law expert says Canada could introduce laws requiring artificial intelligence companies to notify police of online threats, but the process would not be a simple one, since reporting e...
Feb 24, 2026
WestJet, Air Canada among Canadian airlines resuming service to Mexico
OTTAWA - Canadian airlines are flying in and out of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, today after widespread violence led them to temporarily suspend service since the weekend. Air Canada, Air Transat, WestJet...
Feb 24, 2026
WATCH: Winter Olympics brings inspiration to young Saskatchewan speed skaters
With just a few days left before the end of the Winter Olympics, athletes and coaches with the Regina Speed Skating Club are feeling a rush of inspiration. The club's young members train at the Jack S...
Feb 20, 2026 Jedidiah Adediji and Andrew Hubick race around the short track at the Jack Staples Arena in Regina. (Abby Zieverink/ 980 CJME)
Guns in photo posted by Tumbler Ridge shooter's mother were legal, expert says
A former RCMP weapons officer says guns in a photo posted by the Tumbler Ridge shooter's mother all appear to have been legal to own in Canada at the time, although they include a semi-automatic rifle...
Feb 20, 2026
Feds warn First Nations people to carry passport when crossing U.S. border
OTTAWA - The federal government has updated its travel advice for the United States, urging First Nations people to carry a passport in addition to a status card when crossing the border. Before this ...
Feb 20, 2026
Ottawa faces calls to send essential fuel to Cuba as U.S. widens oil blockade
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is facing mounting calls to speak out against the United States for widening its restrictions on fuel reaching Cuba, or to send aid to the country. For more than a ...
Feb 17, 2026 A driver refuels as others wait in a long line behind to fill up at a gas station in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Canada has 'relied too heavily' on other countries for protection, Carney says
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada should never be held "hostage" by other nations over its own security and has relied too heavily and for too long on geography and allies for protection. Carney ...
Feb 17, 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney stands with Chief of the Defence Staff, General Jennie Carignan (centre left) and Minister of National Defence David McGuinty at Fort York Armoury in Toronto on Monday, June 9, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King, has died at 84
CHICAGO (AP) - The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader's assa...
Feb 17, 2026 Rev. Jesse Jackson gestures to a friend in the balcony at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 15, 2013. The church held a ceremony honoring the memory of the four young girls who were killed by a bomb placed outside the church 50 years ago by members of the Ku Klux Klan. At right is U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)
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April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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