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Poilievre visits Sask. in Conservative leadership campaign stops
A man who wants to be Canada's next prime minister spent some time in Saskatchewan this week.Pierre Poilievre is running for the leadership of the Conservative Party. He's the only candidate to have p...
Mar 06, 2022
“The price that we’re about to pay is surreal” – Gas prices hitting record numbers across Canada
Current gas prices continue to ramp up across all of Canada, with diesel gas seeing a large increase.Gas prices jumped up on average 26 cents/litre in the country, while diesel went up 34 cents/litre....
Mar 06, 2022
Woman attacked at B.C. university campus remembered as kind, helpful
VANCOUVER - A 24-year-old woman who was killed at a university in British Columbia is being remembered as a kind and bubbly person who'd celebrated the start of a new life in Canada. Harmandeep Kaur w...
Mar 06, 2022
Gunnlaugson tops McEwen 10-6 in Manitoba matchup at Tim Hortons Brier
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Jason Gunnlaugson defeated Mike McEwen 10-6 in a Manitoba matchup Sunday morning at the Tim Hortons Brier. Gunnlaugson, from Winnipeg, made a hit for three points in the ninth end ...
Mar 06, 2022
More privacy breaches in handling of military sex misconduct settlement deal
OTTAWA - The company overseeing the federal government's $900-million settlement deal with military members who experienced sexual misconduct in uniform has admitted to more privacy breaches. Epiq Cla...
Mar 06, 2022
Canada adds bronze medals in Alpine super-G, cross country at Beijing Paralympics
Alana Ramsay skied across the finish line, looked up at her time, and let out a whoop of delight. The 27-year-old from Calgary captured a bronze medal in the women's Alpine super-G to highlight a thre...
Mar 06, 2022
Canada's Blouin, Baird claim top spots on World Cup slopestyle podium
BAKURIANI, Georgia - Canada's Laurie Blouin and Jasmine Baird captured the top two spots on the podium at a snowboard slopestyle World Cup on Sunday. The victory was redemption for Blouin, a 25-year-o...
Mar 06, 2022
Quebec doctors are providing virtual training for Ukrainian health-care workers
MONTREAL - A group of Quebec doctors are offering training on life-saving procedures to Ukrainians contending with the Russian invasion. McGill University in Montreal says the Steinberg Centre for Sim...
Mar 06, 2022
'Line between life and death': Cousins used trapping skills, body spray to survive
Thomas Barnett looked to the dark sky and prayed. He prayed for wood and to stay awake despite signs of hypothermia creeping through his body. He prayed to see the morning sun and feel its heat. He pr...
Mar 06, 2022
Canadian team makeup reflects gender gap in Winter Paralympic Games
A gaping gender gap in Winter Paralympic Games continues with Canada's team reflecting that imbalance. The International Paralympic Committee trumpeted a record number of women competing in Beijing, b...
Mar 06, 2022