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Poilievre calls on Liberals to make killers like Bernardo stay in max-security prison
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should see to it that mass murderers serve their entire sentences in maximum-security prison. The call comes as Trudeau...
Jun 06, 2023

PGA Tour, Europe to merge with Saudis and end LIV Golf litigation
The most disruptive year in golf ended Tuesday when the PGA Tour and European tour agreed to a merger with Saudi Arabia's golf interests, creating a commercial operation designed to unify professional...
Jun 06, 2023

Research advances date for likely summer ice-free Arctic by a decade
New research has moved up the time by which the Arctic Ocean is predicted to be free of summer ice. A paper published Tuesday in the journal Nature has concluded that those northern waters could be op...
Jun 06, 2023

Internal docs suggest Trudeau wants China blocked from Pacific Rim trade deal
OTTAWA - An internal document suggests Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wants China kept out of a Pacific Rim trade bloc, despite the Liberals publicly insisting it would welcome anyone who meets the tra...
Jun 06, 2023

Eustaquio, Huitema honoured as Canada Soccer players of the month for May
Midfielder Stephen Eustaquio and striker Jordyn Huitema have been named Canada Soccer's Players of the Month for May. Eustaquio helped FC Porto reach the final of the Portuguese Cup (Taa de Portugal) ...
Jun 06, 2023

Conservative filibuster threatens potential citizenship for children born abroad
OTTAWA - Advocates for would-be Canadians born abroad say Conservative efforts to filibuster amendments to the Citizenship Act are threatening their hopes of passing their nationality on to their chil...
Jun 06, 2023

David Johnston expected to begin public meetings on foreign interference next month
OTTAWA - Former governor general David Johnston says he will begin holding public meetings next month on foreign interference attempts in Canada's elections. Johnston, whom Prime Minister Justin Trude...
Jun 06, 2023

Canada's Gee rewarded for Giro exploits with new long-term Israel Premier-Tech deal
Canadian rider Derek Gee has been rewarded for his breakout performance at the Giro d'Italia with a new long-term contract with Israel Premier-Tech. The 25-year-old from Ottawa was promoted to Israel-...
Jun 06, 2023

Feds warn 2023 on track to be the worst fire season ever seen in Canada
Canada's emergency preparedness minister says images of wildfires burning across the country are some of the most severe ever witnessed in Canada and the current forecast for the next few months indic...
Jun 06, 2023

Pope briefly in hospital for scheduled tests two months after bronchitis, returns to Vatican
ROME (AP) - Pope Francis went to the hospital Tuesday for tests and returned back to the Vatican, witnesses and news reports said, two months after he was hospitalized with an acute case of bronchitis...
Jun 06, 2023