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Mickelson decides not to defend title at PGA Championship
Phil Mickelson withdrew Friday from the PGA Championship, electing to extend his hiatus from golf following his incendiary comments about a Saudi-funded rival league he supports and the PGA Tour he ac...
May 13, 2022
$416 million in disaster funding comes through for homes lost in B.C. wildfires
VANCOUVER - The federal government says it's preparing for what could be a challenging summer of wildfires in parts of the country as several ministers gathered in Vancouver to outline how funds will ...
May 13, 2022
Injury bug forces Toronto Arrows to sign eighth scrum half of challenging season
TORONTO - Add Toronto Arrows scrum halves to baby formula, semiconductor chips, aluminum and other things in short supply these days. On Thursday, the Major League Rugby team signed its eighth scrum h...
May 13, 2022
Dutch Princess Margriet honours Canadian general who liberated her nation in WWII
OTTAWA - Princess Margriet of the Netherlands paid tribute to the Canadian who negotiated the surrender of the Nazis in her nation in 1945. The princess was born in Ottawa, her family having escaped t...
May 13, 2022
Inexperienced Flames focus on 'process' with goal to finish off playoff opponents
DALLAS - Closing out an NHL playoff series to advance to the next one has a way of accelerating a player's maturation. The Calgary Flames may have been the higher seed heading into their conference qu...
May 13, 2022
Canada gives up two 5-on-3 goals in third, hangs on for 5-3 win over Germany
HELSINKI - Pierre-Luc Dubois scored twice and Canada overcame an undisciplined third period in a 5-3 win over Germany on Friday at the world hockey championship. Cole Sillinger, Kent Johnson and Noah ...
May 13, 2022
CRTC to get new chair as role of broadcast regulator expands
OTTAWA - The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission says its chair Ian Scott and broadcasting vice-chair are to be replaced within months and Canadian Heritage is now accepting ap...
May 13, 2022
Revamped Toronto FC learning as it goes under veteran head coach Bob Bradley
TORONTO - Mexican centre back Carlos Salcedo returns to bolster an uncertain Toronto FC defence as Orlando City visits BMO Field on Saturday. Salcedo, one of TFC's designated players, is deemed good t...
May 13, 2022
Canadian warship hit with COVID-19 outbreak ahead of overseas deployment
OTTAWA - A Canadian warship has been hit with an outbreak of COVID-19 while preparing for an overseas deployment in the Pacific. HMCS Winnipeg is back home in Esquimalt, B.C., after seven sailors test...
May 13, 2022
Inukjuak men's association teaching the next generation of Inuit hunters
INUKJUAK, Que. - Elder Simeonie Ohaituk sits on a caribou skin on the floor of the Unaaq Men's Association in Inukjuak, Que., pulling and cutting a stretchy, cylindrical piece of sealskin. He makes sm...
May 13, 2022