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By Daisy Woelk Global News Posted April 15, 2024 6:13 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew and several others are making a trip to the U.S. on a trade mission. The group, including Canada’s ambassador to the U.S., Gary Doer, …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The federal government is spending more than $273 million to acquire new military equipment for NATO’s Canada-led battle group in Latvia. That includes $227.5 million for a short-range air defence system from Saab Canada Inc., intended to defend against fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters …

Kate Leth has a somewhat unconventional New Year’s resolution. In 2024, Leth intends to pet 100 cats and document each petting in their “cat journal” — which includes a cute doodle and a rating out of 10 for each cat’s softness and willingness to be pet. “I just wanted to …

Hundreds of people attended a Christmas luncheon at the Surrey Urban Mission in Whalley, B.C., on Tuesday — the first of what the shelter hopes will become an annual tradition and the inspiration for other similar gatherings. Jack O’Halloran, CEO of the charity, said the team already has plans for …

It is not exactly a Christmas miracle, but the Royal City Mission in Guelph will be able to keep the doors to their daytime drop-in program open throughout the winter months. City council passed a motion to fund the program, which will allow the mission to extend their daytime services …

Gordon Osinski has spent the last two decades studying craters left behind by meteorites. The analysis of planetary geology has taken the Ontario university professor around the world and will now see him work on the NASA team that will develop the lunar surface science plan for the first people …

A Manitoba delegation has returned from the Philippines and it’s bringing with it some help for Manitoba’s ailing health-care system. The government said the five-day visit exceeded expectations and they were able to provide 350 letters of intent to nurses, which was more than they hoped. This includes 190 registered …

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will be launching NASA’s long-awaited mission to Europa, Jupiter’s icy moon that may have the conditions to support life. The agency has been planning to send a probe to the Jovian moon for years and finalized its plans in 2019. In its announcement, NASA said …

WUHAN: The WHO mission to China to uncover the origins of the coronavirus has failed to identify the animal source, scientists said Tuesday. Experts believe the disease — which has gone on to kill more than 2.3 million people worldwide — originated in bats and could have been transmitted to …