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Hundreds line up in Calgary to sign petition to urge vote on Alberta quitting Canada
By Canadian Press on January 26th, 2026
CALGARY — Hundreds of people lined up today at Calgary’s Stampede grounds to sign their names to call for a vote on quitting Canada. The city is the most recent stop for a group called Stay Free Alberta that has been given the OK by Elections Alberta to gather names. They need almost 178,000 signatures ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney pitches GST rebate boost as major plank of Liberal affordability agenda
By Canadian Press on January 26th, 2026
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney kicked off the winter session of Parliament on Monday by unveiling a new plank in the Liberals’ affordability agenda. Making the announcement from an Ottawa grocery store, the prime minister unveiled plans for the “Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit” — a 25 per cent hike to the GST credit ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sam Darnold is one win away from a Super Bowl victory that’s eluded fellow QBs in the 2018 draft
By Canadian Press on January 26th, 2026
Sam Darnold will be starting in the Super Bowl before Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen and the rest of the NFL’s Class of 2018 quarterbacks. It took Darnold five teams and eight seasons to get here. Darnold led the Seattle Seahawks to a 14-3 record, a division title, the No. 1 seed and was at his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney skips question period on Parliament’s first day back, meets with Premier Ford
By Canadian Press on January 26th, 2026
OTTAWA — After a globe-hopping mission to secure new trade deals and foreign investment, Prime Minister Mark Carney was back in Ottawa Monday as Parliament resumed — but not for very long. Carney visited an Ottawa grocery store Monday morning where he announced a 25 per cent hike to the GST credit to help lower-income ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Creditors accept ex-Montreal mayor Denis Coderre’s debt-repayment plan
By Canadian Press on January 26th, 2026
MONTREAL — Creditors of former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre have unanimously accepted a proposal for him to pay back less than a quarter of his roughly $1.1-million debt. During a virtual meeting today, creditors greenlighted a plan that will see the ex-mayor and former federal Liberal cabinet minister pay back $240,000 over five years through ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Crazy night’: Sittler’s 10-point game still stands as NHL record 50 years later
By Canadian Press on January 26th, 2026
TORONTO — Darryl Sittler remembers the usual noise in the newspapers. Toronto Maple Leafs owner Harold Ballard — mercurial, headline-seeking, controversial — had sounded off to the press about his team’s lack of a centre to play between Lanny McDonald and Errol Thompson. “But that was totally Ballard,” Sittler, a centre, recalled. “How he was.” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Union says research set back decades due to job cuts at federal agriculture centres
By Canadian Press on January 26th, 2026
OTTAWA — The union representing workers at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is firing back at Ottawa over abrupt job cuts. The Agriculture Union says the decision will set back by decades research on agriculture and food products. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has announced it is closing seven of its research operations to reduce the size ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sly Dunbar, legendary reggae drummer who anchored tracks from Bob Marley to Bob Dylan, dies as 73
By Canadian Press on January 26th, 2026
Two-time Grammy Award-winning reggae drummer Sly Dunbar, who fueled countless tracks from Bob Marley to Bob Dylan and was one-half of the influential reggae rhythm section Sly & Robbie, has died. He was 73. Dunbar’s wife, Thelma, announced the death to the Jamaica Gleaner. Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare — Sly & Robbie, also known ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!ICE wants to buy Pattison building in Virginia to use for ‘holding and processing’
By Canadian Press on January 26th, 2026
VANCOUVER — The United States Department of Homeland Security is planning to buy a building owned by the property arm of Vancouver-based conglomerate Jim Pattison Group to use as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement “processing facility.” The department sent a letter to the Hanover County planning department in Hanover, Va., last Wednesday, sharing its intent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South Korean sub maker Hanwha signs agreement with Algoma Steel
By Canadian Press on January 26th, 2026
OTTAWA — South Korean submarine maker Hanwha Oceans says it has signed a series of partnership agreements with Canadian companies, including Sault Ste. Marie’s tariff-battered Algoma Steel. Hanwha says it signed a memorandum of understanding with Algoma that pledges $275 million in financial support to stand up a new structural steel beam mill in Canada. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Denver Broncos lament lapses in AFC championship that cost them a trip to the Super Bowl
By Canadian Press on January 26th, 2026
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Denver’s defense did all it could to carry the offensively challenged Broncos to Super Bowl 60. Vance Joseph’s unit sacked Drake Maye five times, limited him to 65 net yards passing, allowed just two sustained drives that netted three points, and the only touchdown the Broncos allowed came on a 12-yard ... Read More »
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