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This pilot is honoured every year in a U.K. town. Will Canada recognize his bravery?

This pilot is honoured every year in a U.K. town. Will Canada recognize his bravery?

There is a street named after him in a British town. A plaque at the local hospital tells the story of how the 29-year-old pilot saved many lives while sacrificing his own during the Second World War.
Carney, Canada's premiers to meet in Saskatchewan next month

Carney, Canada's premiers to meet in Saskatchewan next month

OTTAWA — Canada's premiers and Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet in Saskatoon on June 2 to discuss ways to work together to make the country stronger.
Canadian Blood Services says it needs 1 million new blood donors over next 5 years

Canadian Blood Services says it needs 1 million new blood donors over next 5 years

TORONTO — Marc Parravano has donated blood 146 times. He remembers regularly going to the blood collection centre with his mother when he was a kid and followed in her footsteps after he turned 17 and was able to donate himself.
In the news today: Former NDP MP warns: tough times ahead in parliament for the party

In the news today: Former NDP MP warns: tough times ahead in parliament for the party

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... NDP faces 'Parliament from hell,' says ex-MP The NDP will return to the House of Commons without official party status at the end of May.
NDP faces 'Parliament from hell' without official party status, says former MP

NDP faces 'Parliament from hell' without official party status, says former MP

OTTAWA — The NDP will return to the House of Commons without official party status at the end of May. The last time this happened was after the 1993 election — a time one former New Democrat MP remembers as "the Parliament from hell.
Canada looks again to Europe as world marks 80 years since end of Second World War

Canada looks again to Europe as world marks 80 years since end of Second World War

OTTAWA — After the Second World War came to a close, Canada pulled itself away from Great Britain and planted itself firmly within a North American political and economic compact that generated prosperity for much of the western world for decades.
Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai stepping down, won't run in next election

Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai stepping down, won't run in next election

Before he decided to run in the 2022 leadership campaign to become premier of the Yukon, Ranj Pillai says he had a conversation with his son on the shores of the Yukon River. Pillai said they discussed what it would mean to take on the job.
B.C. government appoints former chief justice to review festival safety measures

B.C. government appoints former chief justice to review festival safety measures

The British Columbia government has appointed a former chief justice of the B.C. Supreme Court to report on safety measures for event organizers and police after 11 people were killed in a vehicle attack in Vancouver.
Complainant in hockey players' sex assault trial says she adopted a 'persona' to cope

Complainant in hockey players' sex assault trial says she adopted a 'persona' to cope

A woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by five ex-world junior hockey players agreed Wednesday that she took on a "porn star persona" as a coping mechanism while in a hotel room with the men and that it may have appeared to them that she was
'Every day is fun because I'm still alive,' says 110-year-old Canadian veteran

'Every day is fun because I'm still alive,' says 110-year-old Canadian veteran

One of Canada's oldest veterans, Burdett Sisler, says it's not that hard to make it to 110 years old – all you have to do is stay alive. "Anybody can do it," the supercentenarian said in a recent interview.