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Vancouver Whitecaps extend starting goalkeeper Thomas Hasal through 2023
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have locked up their No. 1 goalkeeper, signing Thomas Hasal to an extension through 2023. The deal, announced Tuesday, also includes club options for the 2024 and 2...
Feb 22, 2022

Four Conservative MPs want Jean Charest to enter party's leadership race
MONTREAL - Four Conservative members of Parliament say they want former Quebec premier Jean Charest to enter the race for the party's leadership. In an open letter published Tuesday, the MPs say Chare...
Feb 22, 2022

A look at the lives lost in the April 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting
HALIFAX - The victims in the worst mass shooting in modern Canadian history included an RCMP officer, a teacher, health-care workers, retirees, neighbours of the shooter and two correctional officers ...
Feb 22, 2022

SGI offering option to leave sex designation field blank on licences
Driver's licences in Saskatchewan are now more inclusive.As of Tuesday, SGI is introducing the option to leave the sex designation field blank on licences or photo ID cards instead of having an "M" fo...
Feb 22, 2022

Ottawa police respond to Rideau Centre mall same day it reopens
Ottawa's largest mall has been evacuated and a suspect has been arrested with a possible weapon, on the first day the shopping centre has been open since protests forced stores to shut down late last ...
Feb 22, 2022

Napatāk Ramble board launches campaign to construct new stage
Organizers of the Napatk Ramble want tri-community residents and past festival attendees to consider donating to their latest fundraiser.The Buy-A-Board Campaign was launched last week as a means of g...
Feb 22, 2022

GOP leaders pick Iowa governor for State of Union response
WASHINGTON (AP) - Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds will deliver the Republican response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on March 1, GOP congressional leaders announced Tuesday. Reynolds was ...
Feb 22, 2022

People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier to plead not guilty to COVID-19 charges: lawyer
ST-PIERRE-JOLYS, Man. - A lawyer for People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier says Bernier will plead not guilty to charges of violating COVID-19 restrictions. Alex Steigerwald told court today ...
Feb 22, 2022

‘Let go or be dragged’: Mental health advocate preaches speaking out
Mental health issues have increased since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world two years ago.Whether it's a lack of social interactions or loss of a job or career, everyone has been affected in some wa...
Feb 22, 2022

Emergencies Act passes Commons vote and Ukraine on edge: In The News for Feb. 22
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 22 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Feb 22, 2022