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Ottawa Rabbi Reuven Bulka dies, leaves a legacy of kindness
OTTAWA - The Jewish Federation of Ottawa says beloved Ottawa Rabbi Reuven Bulka has died at the age of 77. He died Sunday morning in New York City where he had moved to spend time with his five childr...
Jun 27, 2021
Verstappen dominates Styrian GP for his 4th win of F1 season
SPIELBERG, Austria - Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen dominated the Styrian Grand Prix on Sunday to win back-to-back races for the first time in his career. With a clean start from pole,...
Jun 27, 2021
No Olympic standards reached in 1,500 races at Canadian track and field trials
MONTREAL - Blustery conditions played havoc with Canadian runners racing for Olympic qualifying on Sunday. Charles Philibert-Thiboutot of Quebec City won the men's 1,500 metres at the Canadian Olympic...
Jun 27, 2021
Families hold onto hope as condo collapse toll rises to 9
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) - Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said the death toll from the building collapse has risen to nine as search and rescue efforts continue. She said one victim had died in the ...
Jun 27, 2021
Catholics question relationship with church after residential school grave discovery
Bob Hilbig's crisis of confidence in the Roman Catholic Church isn't his first reckoning with the institution that shaped his childhood. It's not even his second. But the discovery over the past month...
Jun 27, 2021
Catholics question relationship with church after residential school grave discovery
Bob Hilbig's crisis of confidence in the Roman Catholic Church isn't his first reckoning with the institution that shaped his childhood. It's not even his second. But the discovery over the past month...
Jun 27, 2021
'When we embrace our hijab, we embrace death:' Canadian-Muslims balance faith, safety
EDMONTON - Every time Sana Chaudhry's daughter sees her father getting up to pray, the two-year-old toddler picks up a scarf and waddles behind him to the prayer mat. As she watches her little girl wr...
Jun 27, 2021
Mike Gravel, former US senator for Alaska, dies at 91
SEASIDE, Calif. (AP) - Mike Gravel, a former U.S. senator from Alaska who read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record and confronted Barack Obama about nuclear weapons during a later presid...
Jun 27, 2021
Canada's tragic residential-school reckoning could be grim harbinger for U.S.
WASHINGTON - It took just two weeks for the first Indigenous cabinet member in American history to publicly express her deep personal dismay at the grim residential school revelations emanating from n...
Jun 27, 2021
MPs ponder whether virtual proceedings have any place in post-pandemic Parliament
OTTAWA - Like millions of Canadians, members of Parliament are contemplating with mixed emotions the prospect of returning to business as usual after 15 months of working from home. For most MPs, a re...
Jun 27, 2021