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O'Toole pledges plan to implement all truth and reconciliation calls to action
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says he will develop an action plan to tackle all the calls to action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The Conservative party's platform commits ...
Aug 23, 2021
Canadian special forces operating outside Kabul airport to help evacuees: officials
OTTAWA - Canadian officials say the military's special forces are operating outside the closed confines of Kabul's chaotic airport to get people on flights out of Afghanistan. The officials would not ...
Aug 23, 2021
Canadian soccer star Alphonso Davies shares support for Refugee Paralympic Team
The six members of the Refugee Paralympic Team received some words of encouragement Monday from one of the world's most famous refugee athletes. Bayern Munich and Canada soccer star Alphonso Davies, a...
Aug 23, 2021
Another summer women's world hockey championship expected in 2022
CALGARY - A dearth of international women's hockey is about to be replaced by an abundance of it. Next month, the International Ice Hockey Federation is expected to add a women's world hockey champion...
Aug 23, 2021
Child among five people injured in Montreal-area shooting, 37-year-old man arrested
CONTRECOEUR, Que. - Provincial police say a child is among five people injured in a shooting Sunday night in the Montreal area. Police spokesman Jean-Raphal Drolet said today a car with four people in...
Aug 23, 2021
Leaders in central, eastern Canada as campaign enters second full week
OTTAWA - The main federal party leaders are in central and eastern Canada as the election campaign enters its second full week. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau remains on the East Coast today, making an...
Aug 23, 2021
Leaders in central, eastern Canada as campaign enters second full week
OTTAWA - The main federal party leaders are in central and eastern Canada as the election campaign enters its second full week. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau remains on the East Coast today, making an...
Aug 23, 2021
Local leaders ask parties for pledges to protect, expand rental housing
OTTAWA - Canada's municipal leaders are asking federal parties to not only build new affordable rental units, but pledge to protect ones on the verge of disappearing. As an election campaign plays out...
Aug 23, 2021
Trudeau hits Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador on Day 2 of East Coast swing
HALIFAX - Justin Trudeau is hitting two more Atlantic provinces today as part of a swing through the region where he will harp on the health of Canadians. Trudeau is scheduled to make a heath-care ann...
Aug 23, 2021
CFL says Elks players tested positive for COVID-19, next game vs. Argos postponed
Several Edmonton Elks players have tested positive for COVID-19, the Canadian Football League revealed late Sunday. The CFL has postponed Edmonton's next game against the Argonauts in Toronto, initial...
Aug 22, 2021