The Pentagon announced this week that it has secured a $1.1-billion contract with U.S. defence giant Lockheed Martin to manufacture M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) for several allied countries including Canada. The notice was posted Wednesday by the U.S. Department of War on its contracting website. It says …

Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The first direct commercial flight between the United States and Venezuela arrived Thursday in the South …

What’s your survival strategy when seasonal allergies strike? We’d like to hear from you. Click the “Join the Conversation” button at the top or bottom of this story. On the app? Join here. You know the symptoms: headaches and congestion, red, itchy eyes, a nose that runs like a faucet even …

LISTEN | Full interview with UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher: As It Happens8:29U.N. humanitarian chief says U.S.-Iran war causing strife in Somalia Tom Fletcher is on a United Nations mission to Somalia where he’s seeing the impacts of rising poverty, hunger and death, all of which he says could have …

For nearly 30 years, Quebec has used a system to determine which schools should get extra funding and help based on how disadvantaged they are compared to others. It’s called the Indice de milieu socio-économique (IMSE), a socio-economic background index. But there are questions about the province’s calculation method and …

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth clashed with Democratic lawmakers in Congress for a second day Thursday, rejecting senators’ accusations that the Iran war was launched without evidence of an imminent threat and waged with no coherent strategy. The three-hour hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee mostly traced the …

Despite the fanfare that accompanied its signing, a majority of Albertans polled by Janet Brown Opinion Research for CBC News are not confident the memorandum of understanding between the federal and provincial governments will actually result in a new pipeline.  Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Danielle Smith signed the …

Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Camp Mystic on Thursday halted plans to reopen this summer on the Texas river where floodwaters …

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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The president of the Palestinian Football Federation has restated his calls for Israel to be sanctioned …