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• Air Transat averts pilot strike with tentative deal

  10-12-2025 01:20 via sudbury.com
  
  MONTREAL — Transat A.T. Inc. says it steered clear of a strike after reaching a tentative deal with its pilots on Tuesday evening.
  
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• Bangladesh will hold the first national elections since 2024 mass uprising in February

  11-12-2025 13:35 via sudbury.com
  DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s next national elections would be held on Feb.
  
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• Bangladesh to hold national elections in February, the first since 2024 mass uprising

  11-12-2025 13:35 via sudbury.com
  
  DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s next national elections will be held on Feb.
  
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• Trump's handling of the economy is at its lowest point in AP-NORC polling

  11-12-2025 13:05 via sudbury.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) —President Donald Trump’sapproval on the economy and immigration have fallen substantially since March, according to a new AP-NORC poll, the latest indication that two signature issues that got him elected barely a year ago could
  
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• CRA aiming to hire 1,700 call centre staff ahead of busy tax season

  11-12-2025 11:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency is looking to hire or rehire about 1,700 call centre workers over the next few months to manage an influx of calls during the upcoming tax season.
  
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• LeBlanc believes U.S. will keep CUSMA trade deal with Canada, Mexico

  11-12-2025 10:50 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The minister in charge of Canada-U.S. trade says he has no reason to believe the Trump administration is preparing to tear up the free trade agreement with Canada and Mexico, even though the U.S.
  
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• In the news: Commons winter break coming, evacuations in rain-soaked southern B.C.

  11-12-2025 10:20 via sudbury.com
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed … MPs set to break for six-week winter break
  The House of Commons could rise as early as Thursday for the winter break — without the Liberals passing their l
  
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• House of Commons set to rise for six-week holiday break

  11-12-2025 10:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The House of Commons could rise as early as Thursday for the winter break — without the Liberals passing their lengthy budget implementation bill.
  
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• Cowichan case blamed for sinking B.C. property deals, including luxury hotel purchase

  11-12-2025 10:20 via sudbury.com
  
  VANCOUVER — An Ontario company that put down a deposit to buy a luxury hotel in Richmond, B.C.
  
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• Pakistan military court sentences ex-spy chief Faiz Hameed to 14 years in prison

  11-12-2025 10:05 via sudbury.com
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — A military court on Thursday sentenceda former spy chiefof Pakistan to 14 years in prison, more than a year after court-martial proceedings began against him on multiple charges, including engaging in political activities and vio
  
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• U.S. prosecutors charge Sudbury man in multi-million-dollar crypto scheme

  11-12-2025 06:56 via thesudburystar.com
  A young Sudbury man has been charged by U.S. officials with operating a multi-million-dollar crypto scheme.  Nathan Gauvin, 26, was arrested Wednesday in England on a warrant issued by the Eastern District of New York, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. He is charged with a “conspiracy to commit securities fraud and wire fraud, securities fraud, wire fraud, investment adviser fraud, bank fraud, money laundering, obstruction of justice and aggravated identity
  
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• Sudbury man charged with crypto scam by prosecutors in U.S.

  11-12-2025 06:56 via thesudburystar.com
  A young Sudbury man has been charged by U.S. officials with operating a multi-million-dollar crypto scheme.  Nathan Gauvin, 26, was arrested Wednesday in England on a warrant issued by the Eastern District of New York, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. He is charged with a “conspiracy to commit securities fraud and wire fraud, securities fraud, wire fraud, investment adviser fraud, bank fraud, money laundering, obstruction of justice and aggravated identity
  
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• ATV driver fleeing officers crashes into police cruiser, then suffers overdose

  11-12-2025 04:13 via thesudburystar.com
  An ATV driver who tried to flee police before he slammed into a police car then suffered a likely opioid overdose that required officers to intervene, the Wikwemikong Tribal Police Service says. The incident began on Dec. 9, at about 10:09 p.m., when an ATV driver approached a Wikwemikong Tribal Police Service checkpoint on Wikwemikong Way but decided to flee from officers. Police attempted to stop the ATV; however, the driver refused, and officers did not pursue in the interest of public safety
  
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• House passes defense bill to raise troop pay and overhaul weapons purchases

  11-12-2025 00:05 via sudbury.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted to pass a sweeping defense policy bill Wednesday that authorizes $900 billion in military programs, including a pay raise for troops and an overhaul of how the Department of Defense buys weapons.
  
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• Former Bolivian President Luis Arce arrested in corruption investigation, vice president says

  10-12-2025 23:35 via sudbury.com
  
  LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivian law enforcement officials on Wednesday arrested former President Luis Arce as part of a corruption investigation, the country's vice president said on social media, opening an uncertain new chapter in Bolivia’s politic
  
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• Former Bolivian President Arce arrested in corruption investigation a month after leaving office

  10-12-2025 23:35 via sudbury.com
  
  LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivian law enforcement officials on Wednesday arrested former President Luis Arce as part of a corruption investigation, the country's vice president said on social media, opening an uncertain chapter in Bolivia’s politics a
  
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• IPV survivor: 'He punched me to the point I was unrecognizable'

  10-12-2025 23:29 via thesudburystar.com
  It took seven attempts, but eventually Krystal Killah left her abuser. “I was in an abusive relationship, and I know how it feels to be in an abusive relationship,” she said. Killah endured physical, mental and financial abuse at the hands of a man who was supposed to love her. They were together for five years. She said she suffered “bruises to my face and body. He punched me to the point I was unrecognizable. He put my head through a wall. He financially abused me. I was livi
  
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• Flooding severs B.C.'s Lower Mainland from Interior, as cross-border flows rival 2021

  10-12-2025 23:20 via sudbury.com
  
  VANCOUVER — Flooding and rock slides have cut off British Columbia's Lower Mainland from the Interior as a series of atmospheric river weather systems drench the province, with emergency officials saying cross-border water flows rival those that trig
  
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• Drenching rains sever routes between B.C.'s Lower Mainland and Interior

  10-12-2025 23:20 via sudbury.com
  
  VANCOUVER — B.C. Emergency Management Minister Kelly Greene says highway closures have cut off the Lower Mainland from the Interior as a series of atmospheric river weather systems drench the province.
  
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• Drenching rain triggers Fraser Valley state of emergency, and memories of 2021 floods

  10-12-2025 23:20 via sudbury.com
  
  VANCOUVER — As rain pummeled the Fraser Valley on Wednesday, poultry farmer Corry Spitters and his family started to calculate their possible losses, with memories of the devastation from flooding four years ago still vivid.
  
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• Drenching rain in southern B.C. triggers Fraser Valley state of emergency

  10-12-2025 23:20 via sudbury.com
  
  VANCOUVER — B.C. Emergency Management Minister Kelly Greene says a state of local emergency has been declared in the Fraser Valley due to flood risks from a series of atmospheric river weather systems that are drenching the province.
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Drenching rains sever routes on B.C.'s Lower Mainland from Interior

  10-12-2025 23:20 via sudbury.com
  
  VANCOUVER — B.C. Emergency Management Minister Kelly Greene says highways in the Lower Mainland have been cut off from the Interior as a series of atmospheric river weather systems drench the province.More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Atmospheric river pushes up water levels in southern B.C., prompting flood warnings

  10-12-2025 23:20 via sudbury.com
  
  VANCOUVER — As the rain pummeled the Fraser Valley on Wednesday, poultry farmer Corry Spitters and his family started to calculate their possible losses with the vivid memory of the devastation from flooding from four years ago.
  
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• Former B.C. premier Clark says Conservatives cannot be 'kooky' if they want to govern

  10-12-2025 22:50 via sudbury.com
  
  VICTORIA — Former British Columbia premier Christy Clark says "nobody wants to elect a government that is kooky" as the B.C. Conservatives embark on a leadership contest, urging them to focus on economic issues.
  
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• Former chief coroner describes years of calls for changes to help toxic drug crisis

  10-12-2025 22:20 via sudbury.com
  
  VANCOUVER — The former chief coroner for British Columbia says the provincial government didn't seem influenced by evidence or expert advice on preventing overdoses because it ignored recommendations to create a safe drug supply.
  
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• Blue Box program changes taking place Jan. 1

  10-12-2025 21:49 via sudbury.com
  
  Blue box recycling will transfer from municipal to producer responsibility on Jan. 1, but
  
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• Sudbury hospital asking people to delay or defer visiting

  10-12-2025 21:37 via sudbury.com
  
  High volume of influenza cases may pose a risk to in-patients as well as increase wait times in the emergency department
  
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• Greater Sudbury's mayor details how city is addressing homelessness 

  10-12-2025 21:37 via thesudburystar.com
  The city is adding 48 new units to its transitional housing inventory, and more than 100 affordable housing spaces, Mayor Paul Lefebvre said Tuesday — all part of the work city council is doing to address homelessness, and the mental health and drug crises that often accompany it.  
    During the council meeting, Ward 5 Coun. Mike Parent said there is a perception amongst some members of the public that the city is not doing anything, or enough, to address
  
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• Trump says the US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela

  10-12-2025 21:35 via sudbury.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela amid mounting tensions with the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
  
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• Canada adds Maniac Murder Cult, Terrorgram Collective to list of extremist entities

  10-12-2025 21:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government says it has added three extremist networks and an armed insurgent group to its list of terrorist entities.
  
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