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Raptors forward Siakam out around five months after shoulder surgery
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors say forward Pascal Siakam will miss approximately five months after he underwent surgery last week to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder. The Raptors said in a rel...
Jun 11, 2021
Mother of suspect in London attack praying for victims and their family
The mother of the man accused of driving down and killing a Muslim family in London, Ont., says she is "deeply grieved by the horrific tragedy." "I am praying for the victims and the family members of...
Jun 11, 2021
MPs vote unanimously to convene emergency Islamophobia summit before August
OTTAWA - Federal lawmakers are calling on the government to convene an emergency summit on Islamophobia by the end of July. In the House of Commons today, MPs voted unanimously to pass an NDP motion d...
Jun 11, 2021
CF Montreal's loan agreement for defender Luis Binks to be terminated early
MONTREAL - CF Montreal says the loan agreement with Italian club Bologna FC 1909 for English defender Luis Binks is being terminated early. The Major League Soccer club says Binks, who is already in I...
Jun 11, 2021
Newborn daughter's death inspires MP's bill on bereavement leave for parents
OTTAWA - For Conservative MP Tom Kmiec, his bill to give parents more time off after the death of a child is personal. Three years ago, Kmiec lost his newborn daughter Lucy-Rose after 39 days, and was...
Jun 11, 2021
Donors' conference for Venezuelan refugees hosted by Canada aims to raise $1.44B
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada's assistant deputy minister says a conference Canada will host next week for donors to Venezuelan refugees will highlight key challenges six million refugees are facing ...
Jun 11, 2021
Canada's Lucas Rumball happy to take his lumps for club and country
Call Toronto Arrows co-captain Lucas Rumball on WhatsApp and the photo that appears is an upside-down close-up of his peaceful face, with a gaping gash in the forehead. It's the kind of ugly wound tha...
Jun 11, 2021
Top court orders files tied to Sherman murder case unsealed, citing public interest
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a trove of files related to murder victims Barry and Honey Sherman be unsealed and opened to public access. The unanimous decision found that truste...
Jun 11, 2021
Victoria's Canada Day event scrapped in wake of residential school discovery
VICTORIA - City councillors in Victoria have voted unanimously to cancel a planned Canada Day broadcast in order to permit a "thoughtful reflection" of what it means to be Canadian. A statement from t...
Jun 11, 2021
'Unacceptable environmental effects:' New federal policy restricts thermal coal
The federal government is making it more difficult to develop thermal coal in Canada with a new policy that says all such mines create "unacceptable environmental effects." The move erects another roa...
Jun 11, 2021