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Canadian Premier League hopes to ride Canada soccer wave into new season
TORONTO - The Canadian Premier League kicks off its fourth season Thursday with soccer in the spotlight in the wake of the men's World Cup qualification. After two seasons disrupted by the pandemic, t...
Apr 06, 2022
"Back where we belong" — Raptors playoff-bound after soul-sapping season in Tampa
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors faced obstacles unlike any other NBA franchise last season, roadblocks so unwieldy that Nick Nurse said they were more like "cement walls." And so, when the Raptors clinc...
Apr 06, 2022
Health Canada mulls lower threshold for drug decriminalization: B.C. minister
OTTAWA - A British Columbia minister says Health Canada is considering its decriminalization request but with a lower threshold for the amount of drugs a person can carry. Mental Health and Addictions...
Apr 06, 2022
Blue Jays revamp Rogers Centre for 2022 with new scoreboard, lights, and concessions
TORONTO - Fans of the Toronto Blue Jays will see their team in a new light at Rogers Centre this season - literally. Hundreds of new lights as well as a brand new 8,000 square foot videoboard, featuri...
Apr 06, 2022
Ottawa police have charged a second man with arson after fire in downtown apartment
OTTAWA - A second man has been charged with trying to set fire to a downtown Ottawa apartment building in early February. Ottawa police say they've charged 41-year-old Bartosz Wernik with arson causin...
Apr 06, 2022
Feds try to avoid Australian pitfalls in online news bill
OTTAWA - The Canadian government says it is learning from Australia's experience when it comes to requiring online giants to pay news outlets to use their content. Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez on...
Apr 06, 2022
Defendants deny claims of wrongdoing in fatal train derailment lawsuits
Defendants in lawsuits filed by families who lost loved ones in a British Columbia train derailment are denying any wrongdoing in the deaths of three Canadian Pacific Railway employees. The derailment...
Apr 06, 2022
Leona Alleslev officially enters Conservative leadership race
OTTAWA - Former Conservative deputy leader Leona Alleslev has officially announced she's running for leadership of the party. Alleslev, who lost her Greater Toronto Area seat in last year's federal el...
Apr 06, 2022
Texas lawmakers to meet with woman facing execution
HOUSTON (AP) - A group of bipartisan Texas lawmakers planned on Wednesday to visit a death row inmate whose execution they are trying to stop amid doubts about whether she fatally beat her 2-year-old ...
Apr 06, 2022
Judge acquits man of misdemeanors in Capitol riot trial
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday acquitted a New Mexico man of misdemeanor charges that he illegally entered the U.S. Capitol and engaged in disorderly conduct after he walked into the b...
Apr 06, 2022